Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes, Montecito, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of the Lansdowne Hermes, Montecito, 1931

Alternative title

Wright Saltus Ludington residence

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

March 28, 1931

Date

1931-03-28

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

View of the Lansdowne Hermes (a Roman, marble statue from the Hadrianic period, now in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art), against a backdrop of alternating columns and hedges. On top of each column is a sculpted basket of flowers.
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.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: W. S. Luddington [Ludington]. Montecito. 3/28/1931.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Val Verde (Montecito, Calif.)

Location

California--Montecito

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
hedges
Arts
columns (architectural elements)
sculpture gardens
statues
Environment
gardens

landscape architecture