A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda

Franz Joseph Manskirch|Heinrich Joseph Schütz

1813 · Aquatint with watercolor · Drawings and Prints

Shortly after being appointed architect to Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, William Chambers designed a series of exotic garden pavilions for the newly transformed Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, near London. The Alhambra and the Chinese Pagoda, built in 1758 and 1761 respectively, are shown here. Schütz's aquatint stresses the magnificent trees of the garden setting, while the watercolor additions help to contrast the Alhambra's fanciful Rococo character with the greater Oriental accuracy of the 163-foot-high Pagoda.

Artist

Franz Joseph Manskirch|Heinrich Joseph Schütz

Date

1813

Medium

Aquatint with watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963