Title

Wrest Park from the south-west, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, 1924-1926. Artist: HN King

Caption

Wrest Park from the south-west, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, 1924-1926. Wrest Park was built in 1834-1839, inspired by 18th-century French chateaux, and is set in over 90 acres of gardens. The house was designed by its owner, Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, an amateur architect who was the first president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1924

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C45_075

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,5Mb) / 17,5in x 11,2in / 5237 x 3347 (300dpi)

Keywords

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