Buckingham House in St. James’s Park

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

Johannes Kip, an engraver, draughtsman and dealer, was born in Amsterdam in 1653 but later worked in Britain. He was associated with the court of William of Orange and moved to London shortly after William landed in England with his forces in 1688 to claim the English crown. Kip produced a large body of work for British publishers, ‘Britannia Illustrata’ being one of his most important projects.

Places

England, London, St. James's Park, Buckingham House

Subjects

sculpture (as Subject), topography, dog, boy, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, coat of arms, gate, country house/mansion, house, palace, fountain, courtyard

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Johannes Kip (1653 - 1722)

Title

Buckingham House in St. James’s Park

Date

published 1714

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Michael Carleton, March 1967

Inscription

bottom right [in ink handwriting] 33

GAC number

7592