Topiary

NOTES: Work on this palace, designed as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza, began in Rococo style in 1747 under the architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706-1786).

SOURCE: Michel Roux-Spitz. Batiments et jardins, Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1925 (Paris, 1925), pl. 28 NOTES: Andre Ventre and Pierre Patout were the architects of the pavilion while Henri Rapin designed the garden.

NOTES: This print was made for Britannia illustrata (London, 1707), vol. 1, pl. 6. See also RIBA10031 for the print in the published work.

NOTES: The Jardin de las Damas was already in existence in the 16th century, albeit on a smaller scale. In the early 17th century Vermondo Resta extended and redesigned it, laying out the garden as a large rectangle with eight compartments along a central axis, as seen here with fountains at the intersections of the paths.

NOTES: Earlshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden. See RIBA161386 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: Earlshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden. See RIBA161387 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: Earlshall is a 16th tower house builit for the Bruces of Earlshall, begun in 1546 and completed in 1617. It was restored in the 1890s by Robert Lorimer, who also laid out the walled garden.