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URSULA CLARK. Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. Creator: Ursula Clark.

URSULA CLARK. Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. A view of the Palm House in Kew Gardens, seen in the distance from the east side of the pond and with a sculptural group in the centre of the pond in the foreground. The Palm House dates from 1844-1848 and was designed by iron founder Richard Turner and architect Decimus Burton. It is iron and glass with a central chamber with a continuously curving glass roof, and two long wings that extend north and south, and reach a length of 362ft. In the centre of the pond in the foreground is a bronze group of sculptures, showing Hercules fighting a serpent, on a plinth that also acts as a fountain.

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Author:

URSULA CLARK

Title:

Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. Creator: Ursula Clark.

Caption:

Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, c1955-c1980. A view of the Palm House in Kew Gardens, seen in the distance from the east side of the pond and with a sculptural group in the centre of the pond in the foreground. The Palm House dates from 1844-1848 and was designed by iron founder Richard Turner and architect Decimus Burton. It is iron and glass with a central chamber with a continuously curving glass roof, and two long wings that extend north and south, and reach a length of 362ft. In the centre of the pond in the foreground is a bronze group of sculptures, showing Hercules fighting a serpent, on a plinth that also acts as a fountain.

Personalities:

RICHARD • BURTON

Technique/material:

Photograph

Credit:

Album / Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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Image size:

5997 x 4033 px | 69.2 MB

Print size:

50.8 x 34.1 cm | 20.0 x 13.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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