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Aquatint in frame of field with trees, river and a building. There are eight figures and a dog in the foreground and a few boats with people in the river. There is a mock frame around the scene.
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"J. Farrington R.A. del. Pub. June 1 1795 by J & J Boydell, Shakespeare View of Sion - House from Kew - Garden. - Gallery, Pall - Mall. & N.o 90 Cheapside. J.C. Stadles Sculp." (printed)
"Sion House. / Sent of the Dukes of / Northumberland / on the Thames opposite / Kew Gardens. It is / a burgh square 18th / century house but / the grounds are very / beautiful. On top of the house is the Lion formerly / on Northumberland House / at Trafalgar Square. / We visited Sion House and / went over the gardens in / 1928. There are some very fine sequias, cedards and cedars of Lebannon / SW Phillips." (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P354
FA002
After Farrington, Joseph, 1747-1821 (Artist)
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (Engraver)
J. & J. Boydell (Publisher)
12 1/16 x 16 2/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.777
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
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