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Hortus Penbrochianus

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Date
[1655]
Location
Cologne,  Germany
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print

Language
Latin
Size
platemark 208 x 293 mm
Genre
Art
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 106306
Folger call number: ART 249- 058
Folger holdings ID: 103984
Accession Number: 249058
Summary
View of the garden of Wilton House. The garden is large, set out within a walled rectangular space and divided into multiple orderly segments. Figural sculptures, foliage-covered arched walkways and fountains are interspersed
Notes
General notes

Plate from: Hortorum viridariorumque noviter in Europa ... published 1655 (see Folger SB465 H6 Cage, leaf 14) Garden designed by Isaac de Caus for the 4th Earl of Pembroke This print is copied from the large folding plate in "Wilton Garden" (Wing C1530), which was most likely etched by Isaac de Caus (see Griffiths, A. The Print in Stuart Britain, cat. 75) Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor

Also known as
Alternate titles: Hortvs Penbrochianvs
Subjects
Wilton House Garden (England) Gardens
Related names
artist: Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648

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