Stowe, Buckinghamshire: perspective view from the entrance between the east and west pavilions looking towards the Octagon Lake with part of Stowe House seen in the far distance

RIBA Ref No RIBA38397

Architect/Designer	Bridgeman, Charles (d.1738)
	Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Artist/Photographer	Baron, Bernard (1696-1762) \| Rigaud, Jacques (ca. 1681-1754)
Country	UK: England
City	Stowe
Subject Date	1739
Image Date	1739
View	Topographical
Medium	Print
Library Reference	EW E.a.30
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Gardens ; Fountains ; Garden buildings ; Columns ; Country houses ; Lakes

SOURCE: Sarah Bridgeman. A General plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe the seat of ... Viscount Cobham with several perspective views in the gardens dedicated to his Lordship (London, 1739), pl. 3 NOTES: The East and West Lake entrance pavilions were designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in around 1717 and are positioned adjacent to the Octagon Lake, which was designed by Charles Bridgeman and completed in around 1724.

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