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Observations on the Theory and Practise of Landscape Gardening

1803
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Object Information
  • Title: Observations on the Theory and Practise of Landscape Gardening
  • Author: Humphry Repton (British, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk 1752–1818 Romford, Essex)
  • Sitter: Humphry Repton (British, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk 1752–1818 Romford, Essex)
  • Designer: Portrait of Repton designed by Samuel Shelley (British, London 1756–1808 London)
  • Printer: Thomas Bensley (British, baptised London 1759–1835)
  • Dedicatee: George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
  • Publisher: J. Taylor (London)
  • Date: 1803
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching, some hand colored
  • Dimensions: 14 x 11 5/8 x 1 15/16 in. (35.5 x 29.5 x 5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.63
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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