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Description: | Signed: yes Description: A number of Gerard Van Edema's paintings depict the Mount Edgcumbe estate and it is thought that Sir Richard Edgcumbe (1648-1688) was one of his main patrons. This work depicts Mount Edgcumbe House as it was in 1685 - a large white turreted building with prominent views over the Tamar towards Plymouth and 'St Nicholas's Island'. The classically-styled brick extension to the right of the house would have been recently built and at the forefront of fashion in modern architecture. In the middle-ground a gilded coach rides past the deer of the renowned deer park, and numerous figures enjoy various activities. | Subjects: | Cornwall); buildings and gardens landscape; place (Mount Edgcumbe Estate | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Edema, Gerard Van (Dutch painter, ca.1652-ca.1700) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8608... | Go to resource |
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