Royal Zoological Gardens, Brighton

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2013-03-21 16:39:00.0
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3118 x 2004 pixels
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Digital Media Bank ID: 27633
Original Filename: fa207937_d01_ab.jpg
Description: Royal Zoological Gardens, Brighton, c1840.
Categories: Timeline/ Victorian (1837 - 1901), Timeline/ 1840s, Collections/ Fine Art, Learning Themes/ Victorians, Collections/ Fine Art/ Topographic Prints  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: Public Domain / CC0
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Type (of Object or Artwork): Coloured Lithograph
Title (of Artwork / Object): Royal Zoological Gardens, Brighton
Creator (of Artwork / Object): J. Allom
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1840C.
Description (Object or Artwork): This coloured verison is copied from a proposed design for a botanical garden at Primrose Hill by William Clarke. An imaginary overhead view of the gardens with two pillars at the entrance in the foreground fronting onto Union Road. Within the gardens are several different pagodas dotted around the gardens. A pathway can be seen leading in a straight line towards a grand building, on either side canopied buildings strectch around in semi-circles. Beyond the large building is a pagoda-style building and further on another building with trees behind it. On the left hand side of the print are the Down's with sheep grazing.
Source (of Object / Artwork): Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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Size: 1.95 MB; 3118 x 2004 pixels; 264 x 170 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
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Linked Accession no.: FA207937 _AB