Gardens (after Humphry Repton)
Joseph Constantine Stadler (b.Germany - fl. London 1780-1812)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
540 x 350 mm
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 792153
Summary
Print, coloured engraving, Gardens (after Humphry Repton) by Joseph Constantine Stadler (b.Germany - fl. London 1780-1812).
Marks and inscriptions
The quotation is Burke on the sublime and reads 'Gardens are works of art rather than of nature. Designs that are vast only by their dimensions, are always the sign of a common and low imagination; no work of art can be great but as it deceives. To be otherwise is the prerogative of nature only. Burke on the Sublime.'
Makers and roles
Joseph Constantine Stadler (b.Germany - fl. London 1780-1812), artist after Humphry Repton (1752 - 1818), artist