1763 · Watercolour
View of the Wilderness at Kew
William Marlow; architecture by Sir William Chambers
Why it matters
The drawing places Chambers’s Great Pagoda within a royal collection of global styles. It shows chinoiserie becoming spatial and experiential while cultural difference is arranged as picturesque possession.
- Publication
- Plans, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Shelfmark
- 25.19.43
Marlow, William, after designs by Sir William Chambers. View of the Wilderness at Kew, 1763. Watercolour. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 25.19.43.
