A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : with several perspective views in the gardens.
Published / Created:
London : S. Bridgeman, 1739.
Physical Description:
16 sheets : illustrations ; 97 x 63 cm, or smaller
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2017 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:4516373
Notes:
Title from cartouche of plan, the 1st plate; imprint information from remaining plates.Sixteen plates without text, drawn and etched by Jacques Rigaud and Bernard Baron. The plan is by an unknown artist.Reissued in 1746, with title leaf, as: Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
Subject Terms:
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Buckinghamshire. | Stowe Gardens (England) | Gardens, English -- Early works to 1800. | Landscape architecture -- Early works to 1800.
