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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Kew (London, England, United Kingdom)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1845-1848 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBurton, Decimusen_US
dc.date1845-1848en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T14:02:14Z
dc.date.available2013-03-28T14:02:14Z
dc.date.issued1845-1848en_US
dc.identifier203553en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1030en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/111512
dc.descriptionView over the east gardens; After the death of both George III and Banks in 1820, the botanic gardens entered a period of decline until 1841, when they passed from the Crown to the Government. The first director, William Hooker (d 1865), greatly expanded the grounds; he amalgamated the botanic gardens and pleasure grounds and opened them to both the public and botanists. Several structures were built to house specimens from the British Empire: the Palm House (1845-1848), designed by Decimus Burton and the engineer Richard Turner (ca. 1798-1881), was a highly innovative structure of wrought- and cast-iron (110.3 x 32.3 x 18.9 m), covered entirely in curved glass. The enormous Temperate House (1859-1899), also by Burton, is of conventional design. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumiron; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectplantsen_US
dc.subjectscientific or medicalen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectVictorianen_US
dc.titleKew Gardens; Palm Houseen_US
dc.title.alternativePalm Houseen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode2A2-E-L-KG-4-B1en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypegreenhouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayDecimus Burton (British architect, 1800-1881)en_US


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