A View of the Back Front of the House and part of the Garden of the Earl of Burlington at Chiswick c.1760-66
Etching | 26.8 x 42.1 cm (platemark) | RCIN 701784.g
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An etching of the back front of the house and gardens of the Earl of Burlington at Chiswick, with distant views of the orangery, greenhouse and Inigo Jones gateway. Lettered below in English and French with the title and publication line 'Sold by T. Bowles in St Paul's Churchyard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street & John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street'. Chiswick House was rebuilt in the Palladian style to the designs of William Kent for Lord Burlington between 1726-9.The Inigo Jones Gateway, originally designed for Beaufort House in Chelsea in 1621, was acquired by Lord Burlington via Hans Sloane in 1738. The print is one of a set of six views of the gardens at Chiswick House first issued by John Tinney in 1753. The set was reissued in about 1760-66, possibly by William Woollett after the designs of John Donowell.
Provenance
Royal Collection by c. 1900
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Measurements
26.8 x 42.1 cm (platemark)
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