Twelve Princepal Views of his Brittanick Majesties Palace, Gardens, &c. at Herenhausen.

RA Collection: Book

Record number

05/4625

Imprint

London: Printed for Rob^t. Sayer Map & Print seller opposite Fetter lane Fleetstreet, & Hen^y. Overton without Newgate., 1752.

Physical Description

12 pl.; 185×285 mm.

Responsibility Note

The first, third and last plates are signed as drawn by I. Müller and engraved by Parr.

References

W. Hübner, 'Das Galerie-Gebäude im grossen Garten in Hannover-Herrenhausen', in Niederdt. Beitr. Kunstgesch., 30 (1991), p.119-66.

Summary Note

The publication-date is also carried by each plate ('Jany 10. 1752').

The title of the set is engraved in English at the top of the first plate. Each plate is captioned at the foot in English and French.

The summer residence at Herrenhausen was developed from 1638. The gardens were laid out in 1666 by M. Grosse and developed from 1674 by H. Perronet, Cadart and M. Riggus; but the designs which made the garden one of the most celebrated in Germany were those of the Electress Sophie and the gardener Martin Charbonnier, appointed in 1682. The statues of the garden theatre were by Pieter von Empthusen.

The plates show: 1. 'A Front View of the Palace'; 2. 'Front of the Grand Gallery towards ye Garden'; 3. 'An inside View of the Grand Gallery'; 4. 'The First Grand Cross Walk &c. after your Entrance into ye Royal Garden'; 5. 'A View of the Grand Cascade in ye Royal Garden'; 6. 'A View of the Amphitheatre as it fronts the Natural Theatre'; 7. 'The Theatre'; 8. 'The Cascade behind the Theatre'; 9. 'Entry into the Grand Middle Walk of the Royal Garden'; 10. 'The Walk which surrounds the Royal Garden'; 11. 'Front of the Grotto towards the Royal Garden'; 12. 'Two Summer Rooms one towards the Grand Gallery the other towards the Cascade'.

Binding Note

19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'R.A.' and 'Views Of H.B.M. Palace At Herenhausen'.

Name as Subject

George II King of Great Britain
Martin Charbonnier

Subject

Architecture - Palaces - Gardens - Pleasure gardens - Garden structures - Grottoes - Germany - Lower Saxony - Hannover - Herrenhausen - History - 17th century - Baroque - 18th century
Views - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century