Designs for buildings at what is now the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales: perspective of the White House from the Lawn

SOURCE: Sir William Chambers. Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry (London, 1763), pl. 36 NOTES: Frederick, Prince of Wales, leased what was then known as Kew House in 1730 and had it remodelled and enlarged by William Kent. It became known as the White House from the whitewashed render on the facade. It was demolished in 1802.