Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Title:
An exact plan of the royal palace gardens and park at Richmond : with Sion House &c. on the opposite side the River Thames / survey'd & publish'd by John Rocque ... = Plan du palais, jardins et parc de Richmond : à 8 miles de Londres / levé et publié par Jean Rocque ...
Published / Created:
[London] : J. Rocque, 1754.
Physical Description:
1 map : ill. ; 28 x 45 cm., on sheet 44 x 59 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A G 14 Copy 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A G 14 Copy 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A G 14 Copy 3

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:584370
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. l:6,336].
Notes:
British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 is bound with: Plan de la ville et foubourgs [sic] de York / Peter Chassereau. [London] : J. Rocque, 1750. This volume supposedly belonged to John Rocque.

Copies 2-3 are laid into a portfolio of other Rocque maps and estate plans (Folio B/G/4)

Copy 3 is a later issue. The date has been removed & imprint added that reads: London : Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. Sayer traded alone and at this address 1751-1774 and 1783-1792 (cf. Maxted, p. 199)

Inset are illustrations of: Merlins Cave -- Hermitage -- Dairy House
Subject Terms:
Rocque, John, d. 1762 -- Provenance. | Syon House (London, England) | Richmond Park (London, England) | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1754.