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A View of the Garden &c. at Carlton House in Pall Mall, a Palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.
Print 1962-175

A View of the Garden &c. at Carlton House in Pall Mall, a Palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.

Date1755-1775
Publisher
Engraver
Publisher ca. 1725 - 1809
Publisher 1701 - 1779
Publisher 1724 - 1793
Publisher
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching with hand color
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 × 21 7/8in. (39.1 × 55.6cm)
Other (Plate): 14 7/8 × 21 3/4in. (14 7/8 × 21 3/4in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-175
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A View of the Garden &c. at Carlton House in Pall Mall, a Palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales./ To whom it is most humbly Inscribed by her Royal Highness's obliged and most obedient Servant/ John Tinney./ Vue du Jardin de Carlton House, Palais de S.A.R. La Princesse Douairiere de Galles/ W. Woollett del. et. Sculp./ Printed for Henry Parker in Cornhil, Robert Sayer in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhil, Carington Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, and John Boydell in Cheapside."Label TextThe gardens at Carlton House were designed by William Kent for Frederick, Prince of Wales – the son of George II and his heir apparent until his death at age 44. Frederick’s wife, the Dowager Princess Augusta, had a great interest in gardens and is responsible for enlarging the grounds of what is today known as the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.ProvenanceBefore 1962, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1962-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).