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Definition of Andrew Jackson Downing
1. Noun. United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852).
Generic synonyms: Landscape Architect, Landscape Gardener, Landscaper, Landscapist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Andrew Jackson Downing
Literary usage of Andrew Jackson Downing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1916)
"Andrew Jackson Downing: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT link between what I regard as the
requisite impressionism of all good pictures and the romanticism which gives ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... rather than any that we have derived from those of others. ANDREW JACKSON
DOWNING WAS born at Newburgh, in the Hudson Highlands, October 30, 1815. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"By many persons, Andrew Jackson Downing is considered the greatest single figure
in the history of American horticulture, and one of the few persons who can ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"By many persons, Andrew Jackson Downing is considered the greatest single figure
in the history of American horticulture, and one of the few persons who can ..."
5. The White House Garden by William Seale, Erik Kvalsvik (1995)
"Two large vases to the south may have been designed by Andrew Jackson Downing or
his partner, Calvert Vaux. They were cast at the Navy Yard in 1872 by Navy ..."
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