Temple of British Worthies, Elysian Fields, Stowe, Buckinghamshire
Architect/Designer | Kent, William (1685?-1748) |
Artist/Photographer | Medd, David (1917-2009) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Stowe |
Subject Date | 1734 |
Image Date | 1965 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Palladian |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | Medd slides 4753 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Monuments ; Country houses ; Gardens ; Sculpture |
NOTES: The monument is an exedra, an outdoor seat, that contains niches for sixteen busts by Rysbrack and Scheemakers, and a central oval niche for the head of Mercury.
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