{"product_id":"antique-oil-painting-english-garden-hever-castle-kent-circa-1920","title":"Antique Oil Painting of Formal Garden, Believed Hever Castle Kent, Circa 1920","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned with the initials KAM in the lower right, this oil on hardboard records the formal parterre garden of an English country house, almost certainly Hever Castle in Kent. The castle's distinctive battlements, pale stone facade, and brick chimney stacks are visible across the hedges at the rear, and the water channels, clipped yew topiary, tiered flower beds, and bronze figure on a twisted column in the foreground correspond to features documented in the Italian Garden created by William Waldorf Astor after 1903. If the identification is correct, the garden had been completed only a few years before the likely date of this painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Artist | Unidentified British Artist, signed with initials KAM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Medium | Oil on hardboard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Subject | The Italian Garden at Hever Castle, Kent, looking toward the castle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Origin | England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Age | Circa 1910 to 1930, Edwardian or early interwar period\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Style | Edwardian topographical, British academic realism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Size | 16.25 in W x 13 in H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Frame | Unframed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Signature | Initialed lower right: KAM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe painting has sustained significant paint loss and should be represented honestly as a study rather than a pristine example. Loss is concentrated in the lower and middle sections of the composition, particularly across the parterre and water channels, where white ground is exposed in numerous scattered spots and one denser cluster in the lower center-right. Additional scattered losses and scratches are visible across the middle ground. The upper portion of the composition — sky, castle elevation, upper foliage — is in noticeably better condition with no significant loss visible. The hardboard support appears structurally sound with no buckling or delamination. The top edge of the board shows some material damage. No frame. The initials signature in the lower right is partially obscured by condition loss in that area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51451107934486,"sku":"AMD-03272","price":385.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/JuneEnland2026-3849.jpg?v=1781840652","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/antique-oil-painting-english-garden-hever-castle-kent-circa-1920","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}