View of the Great Basin from the Entrance of the Great Walk to the House

People:

Jacques Rigaud (draughtsman)
Charles Bridgeman (client)
Jacques Rigaud (engraver (printmaker))
Charles Bridgeman (landscape architect)
Viscount Richard Temple Cobham (client)

Title:

View of the Great Basin from the Entrance of the Great Walk to the House

Date:

designed 1733-1738

Description:

- A view of the Guglio Fountain and, further back, of the Lake Pavilions as seen from near by and looking southeast along the main axis of the house.
- 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
topographical view

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 35.6 x 51.6 cm sheet: 39.7 x 58.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0096:011

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

imprinted - l.l.: "Published by S. Bridgeman May 12. 1739."; l.r.: "Rigaud & Baron del. & Sculp. / 11"; b.l.: "View of the Great Bason [sic] from the Entrance of the Great Walk to the House."; b.r.: "Veüe du Grand Bassin, prise a l'Entree de la Grand Alleé qui monte au Chateau."

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
topographic

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

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