Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681-1754
Title:
Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : laid out by Mr. Bridgman, principal gardener to their majesties King George I and II / delineated in a large plan and fifteen perspective views : drawn on the spot by Mons. Rigaud, and engraved by him and Mons. Bernard Baron = Les jardins de Stowe dans le Comte de Bucks, appartenant a le Tres-Honorable Seigneur Le Vicomte de Cobham / tracé par Mr Bridgman, jardinier principal aux S. Maj. Brit. George I & II ; en une grande plan & XV. veües perspective ; designé sur la place par M. Rigaud, & gravé par le mesme & M. Bernard Baron.
Alternate Title(s):
Jardins de Stowe dans le Comte de Bucks ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church-Yard, W.H. Toms, in Union-Court, Hlbourn, and J. Bowles, in Cornhill, MDCCXLVI [1746]
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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:3501808
Notes:
Title page and plate captions in English and French.
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. | Gardens, English -- Early works to 1800. | Landscape architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Stowe Gardens (England) | Morley, Earl of -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1746. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Baron, Bernard, 1696–1762, engraver. | Bridgeman, Charles, -1738. | Bowles, Thomas, -1767, publisher. | Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700–1765, publisher. | Bowles, John, 1701–1779, publisher. | Bridgeman, Sarah.