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The view is quite exceptional, in that the scene encompasses ideals of landscape
                                       proposed and sought out by both Vanbrugh and Capability Brown.

                                       The foreground, with its presence of the pastoral idyll  creates a dynamism to the
                                       landscape, by the use of the expanse of the mirrored surface of the lake - this all in
                                       ‘Brownian’   terms.

                                       The drama of scale and architectural expression of Vanbrugh’s Palace setting, along
                                       with the connective element of the Grand Bridge, is transformed into a poetical
                                       expression.
















                                                                                                                                    FG 136884
                                                                                                                                    Oil on canvas 36 x 72  inches
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