Formal Garden Terrace with Arbour, Hedgerow and Seating Area
Drawing
?late 17th century-early 18th century
?late 17th century-early 18th century
| Artist/Maker |
Large vertical fold at centre. A design for a garden with a trellised, half-domed arbour and garden seat at centre background, flanked by a tall, densely grown semicircular hedgerow. Behind the hedge are tall trees, and in the foreground is a stepped, semicircular terrace/seating area, with a large garden urn on a pedestal at centre, and potted shrubs on either side.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Formal Garden Terrace with Arbour, Hedgerow and Seating Area (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over red chalk and traces of black chalk; framing line in dark brown ink |
| Brief description | Drawing 'Formal Garden Terrace with Arbour, Hedgerow and Seating Area', Anonymous Dutch, pen and brown ink with grey wash over red chalk, ?late 17th or early 18th century |
| Physical description | Large vertical fold at centre. A design for a garden with a trellised, half-domed arbour and garden seat at centre background, flanked by a tall, densely grown semicircular hedgerow. Behind the hedge are tall trees, and in the foreground is a stepped, semicircular terrace/seating area, with a large garden urn on a pedestal at centre, and potted shrubs on either side. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased (with cat. no. 631) by the museum (dry stamp version of L. 1958), 22 May 1890 for £0. 16s. 0d. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 631, illus. pg. 573. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.195-1890 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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