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Jardins Anglo-Chinois

Topographical Print
1770-1787 (published)
Artist/Maker
George Louis Le Rouge (Publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

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.

Object details

Categories
Topography
Gardens & Gardening
Architecture
Tourism & Travel
Prints
Object type
Topographical print
Titles
  • Jardins Anglo-Chinois (Popular title)
  • Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching
Printing Ink
Engraving
Etching
Brief description
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.
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.
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.699-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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