Caption
View of the back of Huis ten Bosch, The garden front of ye prince of Orange's house in the wood near The Hague, Vuë de la maison dans le bois du cote du jardin de SAS le prince d'Orange stadtholder des Provinces Unies, &c. &c. &c., print, View of the back and part of the gardens of Huis ten Bosch Palace. In the foreground the Bezuidenhoutseweg. Below the image, the title in English and French and the dedication in French, with the coat of arms of Hereditary Stadtholder William V in the center., publisher: Hendrik Florisz Scheurleer, The Hague, dedicated to: William V (Prince of Orange), 1752 - 1768, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, height 260 mm x width 404 mm, palace, French or architectonic garden, formal garden, Huis ten Bosch Palace, A detailed monochrome engraving shows a formal garden and large classical house with a central dome and symmetrical wings set behind hedged and geometric flowerbeds, paths, and low fences; figures in period dress stand and walk around the grounds, including small groups near the foreground and a couple seated in a drawn carriage beside a horse at the right edge; a man carrying buckets walks toward the carriage, while swans or waterfowl swim in a reflective canal that runs across the scene; tall trees and clipped rows of smaller trees frame the estate on both sides, and clouds and crosshatched sky fill the upper area of the image.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B34_091
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