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The Beauties of Stow, or a Description of the Most Noble House, Gardens & Magnificent Buildings therein, of the Right Hon.ble Earl Temple, Viscount & Baron Cobham

Designer Designed and engraved by George Bickham, Sr. British
1756
Not on view
Includes 2 folding plates, and 30 plates not numbered. Descriptive text pp. (1)- 40. A guide to the landscape gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Sir Richard Temple and his successor the first Viscount Cobham transformed the gardens here. William Kent and James Gibbs worked with Sir John Vanbrugh, and the landscape architect Charles Bridgeman to create a famous and much visited garden. In the 1740s "Capability" Brown, Cobham's head gardener, made additional modifications.

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  • Title: The Beauties of Stow, or a Description of the Most Noble House, Gardens & Magnificent Buildings therein, of the Right Hon.ble Earl Temple, Viscount & Baron Cobham
  • Designer: Designed and engraved by George Bickham, Sr. (British, London 1684–1758 London)
  • Date: 1756
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5 3/16 x 13/16 in. (20.3 x 13.1 x 2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.23.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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