Jardins Anglo-Chinois
- Object:
Topographical print
- Place of origin:
Paris (published)
- Date:
1770-1787 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Le Rouge, George Louis (Publisher)
- Materials and Techniques:
Engraving and etching
- Museum number:
E.1012-1953
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
1 of 462 plates showing gardens, garden temples, fountains, follies etc., and houses in France, England, Italy, Germany and China. The series, with 4 additional plates of similar subjects, in two volumes full-bound in calf, gold tooled, each lettered on the spine with title.
Place of Origin
Paris (published)
Date
1770-1787 (published)
Artist/maker
Le Rouge, George Louis (Publisher)
Materials and Techniques
Engraving and etching
Descriptive line
1 of 462 plates bound into a volume, comprising cahiers 1-4 and 6-20 of the 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois', by various printmakers and published by Georges Louis Le Rouge, Paris 1770-1787.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 3312.
J. Dixon Hunt and M. Conan (ed.s), Tradition and Innovation in French Garden Art: Chapters of a New History, Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 2002, p. 115.
Materials
Printing ink
Techniques
Engraving; Etching
Categories
Topography; Gardens & Gardening; Architecture; Tourism & Travel; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
