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A view of Lord Bute's Erection at Kew, with some part of Kew Green and gardens. c.1767

RCIN 702946

A view of Lord Bute's Erection at Kew, with some part of Kew Green and gardens

A view of Lord Bute's Erection at Kew, with some part of Kew Green and gardens c.1767

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View of Kew house, village and park. Another impression at Kew with key added. Satire on the relationship between Earl of Bute and Queen Augusta (George III's mother): see BM Satires 4177. The print is supposed to show hidden escape routes.
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