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Title: Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste...Parts I-IV, 1750-52; Rural Architecture in the Gothick Taste...20 New Designs, 1752; The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion and Builder's Assistant, 1753; A Description of The Gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham, At Stow in Buckinghamshire, Second Edition, 1745
Author:
William Halfpenny (British, active from ca. 1722, died 1755)
Author:
John Halfpenny (British, active 1740s–50s)
Author:
No. 4 written by B. Seeley (British, active 1747–76)
Engraver:
Nathaniel Parr (British, active 1739–67)
Publisher:
Robert Sayer (British, Sunderland 1725–1794 Bath)
Date: 1745–53
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 7 3/4 × 4 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (19.7 × 12.5 × 3.2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number: 32.79.1
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