Detail View: Charting The Nation: [Deatil from:] A Plan and Survey of the Gardens of Taymouth [Castle] and County Adjacent. An. 1720. [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042860
Shelfmark: 
RHP721
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
[Deatil from:] A Plan and Survey of the Gardens of Taymouth [Castle] and County Adjacent. An. 1720.
Creator: 
Campbell, John, Earl of Breadalbane (b.1662, d.1752)
Creator Role: 
Landowner
Date: 
1720
Description: 
This detail from a 1720 'Plan and survey of the Gardens of Taymouth' shows the mansion of Taymouth Castle on Loch Tay, Perthshire, at the center of a series of formal gardens, orchards and lawns. The formal gardens beside the house are drawn in detail with elaborate patterns of paths and box hedges around formal flower beds. One of the gardens is a knot garden with small summerhouses or pavilions at the corners. These gardens are of a style which began in Scotland in the 17th century and which continued throughout the 18th century in spite of more informal garden design becoming popular in England.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
82 x 108cm (2' 8 5/16" x 3' 6 1/2")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Kenmore
Subject Place: 
Loch Tay
Subject Place: 
Perthshire
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
Tay River
Subject Place: 
Taymouth
Subject Category: 
Gardens
Reference: 
Adams, Ian H., Scottish Record Office. Descriptive list of plans, v.1, 1966, p.134.
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
38828730
Repro Title: 
[Deatil from:] A Plan and Survey of the Gardens of Taymouth [Castle] and County Adjacent. An. 1720. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
4293 x 3013
Repro ID Number: 
0042860c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00001782a
Repro Capture Date: 
08/12/2000 11:04:00