Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surrey, 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 1763
Artist, British, 1731 - 1809
Artist, British, 1730 - 1802
Artist, British, active 1759/1778
Artist, British, 1717 - 1810
Artist, British, 1711 - 1774
Artist, British, active 1754/1764
Artist, British, 1735 - 1785
Artist, German, 1715 - 1785 or after
Artist, British, active 1760s
Artist, British, active 1760s
Artist, British, 1720 - 1799
Author, Scottish, 1723 - 1796
Artwork overview
-
Medium
1 vol: ill: 43 etching and engravings (3 folding, rest full-page, versos blank) by Edward Rooker (10), Tobias Miller (6), James Basire (4), Charles Grignion (3), William Woollett (2), Johann Sebastian Muller (2), Francis Patton (2), James Noual, ThomasMajor, Paul Sandby (1 each), after Chambers (20), Joshua Kirby (2), William Marlow (2), William Kent, John Smeaton, Johann Heinrich Muntz, Thomas Marlow, Thomas Sandby (1 each), 10 unsigned
-
Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
-
Dimensions
page size: 55 x 36.8 cm (21 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
-
Accession
1985.61.469
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bookplate of White Allom, Ltd.; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1990
Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 74 (A View of the Lake and Island at Kew), repro.
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 14.