Fine Furniture and Clocks, Including Property from Two Noble English Collections

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Lot 325
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Lewis Kennedy Early 19th Century

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lewis Kennedy
  • A view of the East front of Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, The seat of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Jersey; with A view of the Park at Middleton.
  • the second: signed and inscribed l.: Alterations for the improvement of Middleton Park The Seat of the Rt,, Honble The Earl of Jersey proposd by / His Obedient Sevt Lewis Kennedy / Sep 1811 
  • each watercolour over pencil
  • one 18.5 by 38cm.; 7¼ by 15in.; the other 26 by 43cm. ; 10¼ by 17in.

Catalogue Note

Lewis Kennedy (fl.1810-1868) was born into a horticultural family; his parents owning the Vineyard Nurseries in Hammersmith which supplied plants to many of the finest gardens of the day.  Early in his career he travelled to France, working as a gardener at Malmaison in the employment of Empress Josephine.  On his return to England in the early 19th century, he is recorded as providing designs for the gardens at Bowood, Wiltshire as well as Middleton Park.  From c.1818-1868 he oversaw the creation of the formal gardens at Drummond Castle, Perthshire, his acknowledged masterpiece.