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A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda

1813
Not on view
Shortly after being appointed architect to Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, William Chambers designed a series of exotic garden pavilions for the newly transformed Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, near London. The Alhambra and the Chinese Pagoda, built in 1758 and 1761 respectively, are shown here. Schütz's aquatint stresses the magnificent trees of the garden setting, while the watercolor additions help to contrast the Alhambra's fanciful Rococo character with the greater Oriental accuracy of the 163-foot-high Pagoda.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda
  • Artist: Heinrich Joseph Schütz (German, Frankfurt 1760–1822 Frankfurt)
  • Artist: After Franz Joseph Manskirch (German, Ehrenbreitstein 1768–1830 Danzig)
  • Date: 1813
  • Medium: Aquatint with watercolor
  • Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 17 1/4 in. (35.9 x 43.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.617.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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