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A View of Part of the Garden at Hall-Barn, near Beckonsfield, in Buckinhamshire; a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 175 x 270mm (7 x 10¾").
Hall Barn Manor House was built by Edmund Waller (1606-1687), poet and politician. The Edmund named here was a descendent. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16933] £150.00
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A View of Coombank, near Sevenoak in Kent, the Seat of the Hon.ble Lieu.t.Gen.l Campbell.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Copper engraving. 175 x 270mm, 7 x 10¾". Corner creased.
Combe Bank, near Sevenoaks in Kent. It was built for General John Campbell by the architect Roger Morris, but when he became Duke of Argyll he passed the house to his younger son, Lord Frederick Campbell. He was a patron of the architect Robert Adam, and commissioned him to remodel the building. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16930] £150.00
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A View of Foots-Cray Place in Kent, the Seat of Bourchier Cleeve, Esqr. [parallel text in French]
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
Printed for J. Boydell Engraver the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell in Cornhill.
Etching and engraving, platemark 375 x 540mm (14¾ x 21¼"). Fine impression. Very large margins.
Foots Cray Place in Sidcup, Kent, soon after it was built. Panoramic landscape of the grounds (including the artificial canal Cleeve commissioned in the background) with group of figures in foreground experimenting with a telescope. Classical 18th century image. This Palladian house was built for the petwerer and financial writer Bourchier Cleeve in around 1754, probably to the designs of Isaac Ware. It waas built by Kent Education Committee for use as a museum but destroyed by fire in October 1949. The grounds are now a park, Foots Cray Meadows, where the stables of the old house still stand. Fagan: 34 II of II.
[Ref: 38965] £520.00
A View of Foots-Cray Place in Kent, the Seat of Bourchier Cleeve, Esqr. [Translated into French below.]
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
Printed for J. Boydell Engraver the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell in Cornhill.
Hand coloured etching and engraving, 335 x 510mm. 13¼ x 20". Trimmed to plate.
A view of the park with the house to left. In the foreground, a group of four gentlemen and two ladies look through a telescope. In the right foreground, a gentleman and a lady walk; he carries a flute, a stringed instrument and a score, while she carries a posy of flowers. There is coach and horses in the distance, and a herd of deer. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 9218] £360.00
A View of Foots-Cray Place in Kent, the Seat of Bouchier Cleeve Esq.r.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Copper engraving. 175 x 270mm, 7 x 10¾".
Foots Cray Place in Bexley, south-east London, a Palladian mansion built c.1754, attributed to Isaac Ware. Only the grounds remain, Foots Cray Meadows, a public park. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16931] £150.00
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A View of part of the Garden at Hall-Barn near Beckonsfield in Buckinghamshire, a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r. [&] A View of the Great Room etc. at Hall-Barn near Beckonsfield in Buckinghamshire, a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r.
W. Woollett del. [et sculp.]
[London: John Tinney et al., c.1760.]
Matching pair of etchings with engraving. Sheets c. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"). Slight central crease. Trimmed into images and inscriptions, losing publication lines.
Hall Barn, a listed Grade II* country house near Beaconsfield, built by Edmund Waller (1606-1687), poet and MP. Fagan 36 & 37
[Ref: 54710] £480.00
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A View from the West Side of the Island in the Garden of the Hon.ble Charles Hamilton Esq.r at Painshill near Cobham in Surry.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
Printed for Robert Sayer in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St.Pauls Church Yard, John Boydell in Cheapside, and Henry Parker in Cornhill [n.d., 1760].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 355 x 480mm (14 x 19"). Trimmed to image on three sides.
A view from Grotto Island with the Chinese Bridge in the foreground, with a view across the lake, at Painshill Park, Surrey. A group is out on the water in a small hand-powered paddle-driven boat. Designed and created between 1738-73 by Charles Hamilton MP, the gardens moved away from geometric formality to a new naturalistic style. It is now regarded as one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th century English landscape park. Fagan 38, II.
[Ref: 58723] £350.00
A Front View of the Earl of Westmorlands Villa, in the County of Kent, taken from the Road, with Part of the Park. Book 8. Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c. 1.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Copper engraving, frontispiece, 175 x 270mm, 7 x 10¾". Small hole in platemark.
[Ref: 16928] £150.00
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A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton.
[after William Woollett.]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with very large margins.
Enclosed on land that had been part of Hounslow Heath, Whitton Park was established by Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, in 1722. A founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and nicknamed the 'Treemonger' by Horace Walpole, he planted many exotic species of plants and trees, making his gardens famous. After his death many plants, including mature trees, were moved to Princess Augusta's gardens at Kew, which evolved into the Royal Botanic Gardens. Some of his trees are still alive. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 45248] £140.00
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[Whitton Park] A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t, June 1757, & Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleetstreet & Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, Jn.o Bowles & Son in Cornhill & Rob.t Sayer in Fleetstreet.
Etching. 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A view of an ornamental waterway and folly in Whitton Park, built by Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, who bought the estate in 1722. In the foreground are promenaders and lady anglers. A founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cambell planted many exotic species of plants and trees, making his gardens famous and and earning him the nickname 'the Treemonger' from Horace Walpole. After his death many plants, including mature trees, were moved to Princess Augusta's gardens at Kew, which evolved into the Royal Botanic Gardens. Some of his trees are still alive. Fagan XXX, unrecorded state between 2 (first published state) & 3 (of 4).
[Ref: 61386] £420.00
[Whitton Park] A View of the House and part of the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl, at Whitton.* * near Hounslow Middlesex.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.t.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t, June 1757, & Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleetstreet & Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, Jn.o Bowles & Son in Cornhill & Rob.t Sayer in Fleetstreet.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A view of the house of Whitton Park, built by Roger Morris for Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, in 1735, surrounded by exotic trees. In the foreground are promenaders. A founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cambell planted many exotic species of plants and trees, making his gardens famous and and earning him the nickname 'the Treemonger' from Horace Walpole. After his death many plants, including mature trees, were moved to Princess Augusta's gardens at Kew, which evolved into the Royal Botanic Gardens. Some of his trees are still alive. Fagan XXXI, unrecorded state between 2 (first published state) & 3 (of 4).
[Ref: 61387] £420.00
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