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Illustration of Merlin's Cave in the Royal Gardens at Richmond, from a poster and play...

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BL2441058
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Illustration of Merlin's Cave in the Royal Gardens at Richmond, from a poster and play by John Dryden, 1736 (engraving)
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Bowles, Thomas (c.1712-53) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
engraving
Date
1736 AD (C18th AD)
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161.e. 72 frontispiece 'Merlin: or The British Inchanter. And King Arthur, the British worthy. A dramatic opera, as it is performed at the theatre in Goodman’s Fields'. Merlin’s Cave, built in 1735, had timber and plaster walls, a Gothick arched entrance and a thatched roof resembling a beehive flanked by two smaller buildings – also thatched. Built in the gardens of Richmond Lodge by Queen Caroline (wife of George II) whilst she was resident there and designed by the Queen’s architect, William Kent.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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walk / garden / print / couples / exterior / architecture / thatch / park
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