Chronology Entry
Year
1775
Text
Brief von Horace Walpole an William Mason. (6 Sept.)
Walpole complains "that by the help of Sir William Chambers's lunettes have detected us for having stolen our gardens from the Chinese".
Walpole complains "that by the help of Sir William Chambers's lunettes have detected us for having stolen our gardens from the Chinese".
Mentioned People (2)
Chambers, William (1)
(Göteborg 1723-1796 London) : Architekt, Gartenarchitekt, Autor
Walpole, Horace
(London 1717-1797 London) : Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, Politiker, Gelehrter
Subjects
Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1999 | Porter, David. From Chinese to Goth : Walpole and the gothic repudiation of chinoiserie. In : Eighteenth-century life ; vol. 23, no 1 (1999). | Publication / Walp2 |
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