Garden buildings at Stowe, Buckinghamshire: views of 'Dido's Cave', the Rotunda and column monuments surmounted by statues of King George II and Queen Caroline

RIBA Ref No RIBA38376

Architect/Designer	Gibbs, James (1682-1754)
	Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Artist/Photographer	Seeley, Benton (b. 1716)
Country	UK: England
City	Stowe
Subject Date	1720
Image Date	1769
View	Exterior
Style	Palladian
Medium	Print
Library Reference	EW E.G.766
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Monuments ; Temples ; Domes ; Statues ; Gardens ; Follies ; Grottoes ; Columns ; Country houses ; Garden buildings ; Round buildings

SOURCE: Benton Seeley. Stowe: a description of the magnificent house and gardens (London, 1769), pl. IV NOTES: Dido's Grotto is thought to have been designed by either James Gibbs or Sir John Vanbrugh in around 1728. The Rotunda was built by Vanbrugh in 1721. The monument to George II and Queen Caroline were built in 1724 and 1726 respectively.

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