A View from the Temple of Diana

DateCa. 1755 (published Ca. 1795)

Engraver George Bickham (1684 - 1758)

After work by John Baptiste Chatelain (1710 - 1758)

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color

DimensionsPrint: OH: 9" x OW: 15"; Lower margin: H: 1 1/8" x OW: 15 1/8"' Plate: 8 7/8" x 15"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-42

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Chatelain Del/ G. Bickham Sculp/ A View from the Temple of Diana Le Point de Vüe du Temple de Diane./ in the Gardens of EARL TEMPLE at Stow in Buckinghamshire./ London. Printed for Bowles & Curver? 69 S.t Pauls church yard Lourie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, & R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill"
Label TextPart of a set of sixteen views of Stowe Gardens after drawings by John Baptiste Chatelain's. Over the course of the eighteenth century, the Temple family hired some of the most important landscape designers and architects of the eighteenth-century to design the gardens. Over the course of the century, it became one of the most influential and important gardens in England. The landscape featured various architectural features such as follies, monuments, water features, and temples, as well as carefully curated vistas and promenades.
MarkingsLondon Printed for Bowles & Carver 69 in St. Pauls Chruch Yard, Lusrie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street & R. Wilkinson 58 Corhnhill