View of the Cascade and Grotto at Virginia Water

People:

Thomas Sandby (draughtsman)
Paul Sandby (engraver (printmaker))
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (client)
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (dedicatee)
Edward Rooker (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

View of the Cascade and Grotto at Virginia Water

Date:

1754 or 1755

Description:

- A view of an artificial grotto at Virginia Water in Windsor Great Park, with the beginning of a small wooden bridge to the left and a cascade to the right, and separated from the foreground by a small body of water.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

topographical view

Technique and media:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 34.5 x 57.9 cm sheet: 66.7 x 49.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0106:005

Inscription:

imprinted - b.: "The Cascade and Grotto"; b.l.: "T. Sandby delin."; b.r.: "P. Sandby & E. Rooker Sculpt."

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
topographic

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

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