Decorations for Parks and Gardens. . .with Plans and Scales [bound with: Designs in Architecture, Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, 1797 and Wright: Grotesque Architecture, or Rural Amusement, 1802]

Multiple artists/makers

[1790], 1797, 1802

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Title: Decorations for Parks and Gardens. . .with Plans and Scales [bound with: Designs in Architecture, Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, 1797 and Wright: Grotesque Architecture, or Rural Amusement, 1802]
Artist and architect: Sir John Soane (British, Goring-on-Thames (?) 1753–1837 London)
Author: William Wrighte (British, active 1790–1802)
Publisher: J. Taylor (London)
Publisher: I. & J. Taylor (London)
Published in: London
Date: [1790], 1797, 1802
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 10 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (25.5 × 16 × 3 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.53
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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