Wilton Garden
Isaac de Caus|Thomas Rowlett|Peter Stent
ca. 1640 · Illustrations: etching · Drawings and Prints
The garden of Wilton House (Wiltshire), famous today for its eighteenth-century landscape design containing England's first Palladian bridge, was originally laid out in the mid-1630s by the French-born Isaac de Caus (active 1623–55). It was commissioned by Philip Herbert, fourth earl of Pembroke, pivotal figure of the intellectual circles at court, to which the architect Inigo Jones (1573–1652) belonged. Recognized for having brought the classical style to England, Jones may well have been involved in Wilton's building campaign, given its Italianate components.
- Artist
- Isaac de Caus|Thomas Rowlett|Peter Stent
- Date
- ca. 1640
- Medium
- Illustrations: etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
