Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew, in Surry : the seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales / by William Chambers ; member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King and to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Haberkorn in Grafton Street, St. Anne's Soho : Published for the author, and to be had at his house in Poland Street ; likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand : of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall : R. Sayer, in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn : J. Walter at Charing Cross : and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Sreet, Golden Square, MDCCLXIII [1763]
Physical Description:
[4], 8, 41 leaves of plates (some double) : illustrations, plans ; 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Edward Rooker, Charles Grignion, Tobias Mùˆller, James Basire, W. Wollett, Paul Sandby, F. Patton and J. Major; after William Kent, William Chambers, Smeaton, John Joshua Kirby, William Marlow and Thomas Sandby.
Exhibition History:
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- England -- Kew -- Pictorial works. | Gardens -- Designs and plans. | Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) -- Pictorial works. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. | Society of Writers to H.M. Signet (Great Britain) -- Binding.