Parks

NOTES: Construction on this country residence of the Russian Imperial family began c.1780 and was completed c. 1825. Its design was typical of the country mansion of the period and was created by a succession of architects, painters and sculptors, notably Charles Cameron who designed the central Great Palace in 1782-1786.

SOURCE: Adolphe Alphand. Promenades de Paris. Text vol. Les promenades Interieures (Paris, 1867-1873), p. 202, fig. 313

SOURCE: Adolphe Alphand. Promenades de Paris. Text vol. Les promenades Interieures (Paris, 1867-1873), p. 214, fig. 323

SOURCE: Benton Seeley. Stowe: a description of the magnificent house and gardens (London, 1769), pl. III