A View of the Palace from the Lawn, in the Royal Gardens at Kew / Veüe du Palais prise de la Plaine, aux Jardins Royals de Kew

after 1763

Not on view

A view of the facade of Kew Palace from the lawn, with figure strolling and gardeners working at center and left and a flock of sheep at right. A line of potted line the lawn at left. This is a copy, with the printmaker and date not given, of an etching by William Woollett after Joshua Kirby titled "A VIew of the Palace at Kew, from the Lawn." The latter appears in William Chambers, "Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surry," 1763 (MMA: 52.519.86) and is one of eight views of the park designed by Kirby for that volume.

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Title: A View of the Palace from the Lawn, in the Royal Gardens at Kew / Veüe du Palais prise de la Plaine, aux Jardins Royals de Kew
Artist: After Joshua Kirby (British, Parham, Suffolk 1716–1774 Kew Green, Surrey)
Date: after 1763
Medium: Etching, hand colored
Dimensions: Sheet approx.: 11 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. (29.8 × 44.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.694
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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