General plan of Stowe

People:

Unknown, Great Britain, 18th century (engraver (printmaker))
Charles Bridgeman (landscape architect)
Viscount Richard Temple Cobham (client)
Charles Bridgeman (client)

Title:

General plan of Stowe

Date:

designed ca. 1738

Description:

- A plan (with legend) of Stowe gardens (defined by an irregular pentagon at the bottom of the print), together with the layout of the forest garden stretching north beyond the garden boundry and containing long intersecting rides cut through the woodlands. An elaborate cartouche (lower left), formed of military paraphernalia, encloses a dedication to Viscount Cobham, owner of the property.
- The marbled and leather-edged portfolio in which the prints were acquired is stored separately in a solander box (size IV).

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawings

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

sheet: 94.7 x 58.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0096:001

Drawing Type:

line drawings

Method of Projection:

orthographic drawing (object)
plan (drawing)
site plan

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Formerly bound with fifteen engraved views between marbled paper board covers.

Inscription:

imprinted - c.l.: "A GENERAL PLAN / of the Woods, Park and Gardens of / STOWE / the Seat of the Right Honourable / The LORD VISCOUNT COBHAM / with several Perspective Views / in the Gardens / Dedicated to his Lordship / by his most humble and obedient / Servant Sarah Bridgeman 1739."; b.: legend keyed numerically to the plan

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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