Greek Revival Vase with Picturesque ViewsTucker Factory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)1828–36Porcelain
Greek Revival Vase with Picturesque ViewsTucker Factory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)1828–36Porcelain, brassThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkViews:From Springland, the country estate on the Delaware River of the artist and landscape architect William Birch, the primary proponent of the English picturesque landscape, of which he considered his own Springland, the epitome.Sedgely Park, designed by distinguished architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the country seat of Philadelphia merchant James Fisher; it is considered to be the earliest Gothic Revival house in America. -- source link
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