Wright Saltus Ludington residence, Lansdowne Hermes statue at end tree-bordered lawn, Montecito, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, Lansdowne Hermes statue at end tree-bordered lawn, Montecito, 1931

Alternative title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

March 28, 1931

Date

1931-03-28

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

The Lansdowne Hermes statue is now in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Handwriting on back of photograph: Original Hermes' from Hadrian's Villa. W.S. Luddington[sic] - Montecito 3/28/1931

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Dimensions

10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Val Verde (Montecito, Calif.)

Location

California--Montecito

Resource type

still image

Subjects

lawns (landscaped grass)
People
trees
Arts
columns (architectural elements)
sculpture gardens
statues
Environment
gardens

landscape architecture