Title

Aerial view of Blenheim Palace, 1939. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Aerial view of Blenheim Palace, 1939. One of Britain's greatest stately homes, Blenheim was intended to be a gift from a grateful nation to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, after his victories over the French during the War of the Spanish Succession. The palace was designed in English Baroque style by Sir John Vanbrugh. The original gardens by Henry Wise, Queen Anne's gardener, were designed in the formal style of the Palace of Versailles, but from 1764 they were extensively modified in a more pastoral, naturalistic style by Capability Brown. From the Senior Service 'Britain from the Air' cigarette card series, 1939.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C63_360

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21,2Mb (879,2Kb) / 11,2in x 7,3in / 3360 x 2202 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England architecture country lake day geography English palace grounds Baroque location century Britain thirties outside B&W aerial view MONOCHROME country house stately home bird's eye view black & white black and white B W 1930s Blenheim Palace 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector geographical feature War of Succession Duke of Marlborough photograph Unknown John Duke of Henry Queen of Great Britain John Vanbrugh Vanbrugh John Vanburgh Queen Anne John Churchill Churchill Duke of Marlborough Marlborough Anne cigarette card Henry Wise Wise Baroque Era Sir John Vanburgh John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough John Vanbrugh Henry Wise Queen Anne Capability Brown photograph cigarette card