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Also Known As Capability Brown
Baptized August 30, 1716 • England
Died February 6, 1783 • London • England
Movement / Style English garden

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Park at Petworth House, West Sussex, Eng., landscaped by Lancelot (“Capability”) Brown, c. 1751–57
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