A view from the south-west of the statue of Fame in the formal gardens to the south of Longford Castle

Date:: 1890 - 1910

Location:: Longford Castle, Statue Of Fame, Odstock, Longford Park, Wiltshire

Reference:: CC52/00574

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The formal garden shown in this photograph, in the form of a rectangular parterre, was laid out c1832. The statue of Fame, at the south end of the parterre, is by J M Rysbrack, 1767, while the cupola by William Privett of Chilmark dates from 1759.

Content

This is part of the Collection: WJD01 William James Day Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Day, William James

Sculptor: Rysbrack, J M

Keywords

Hanoverian Formal Garden, Hanoverian Parterre, Georgian Statue