High Meadow in Glocestershire: Campbell 1725

Title: High Meadow in Glocestershire, the Seat of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Gage Author: Colen Campbell Date: 1725 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good + Inches: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 [Image] Centimeters: 38.74 x 26.04 [Image] Product ID: 289 From Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect..., London: Printed and sold by the author, at his House in Middle Scotland-Yard, White-Hall, and by Joseph Smith, at the sign of Inigo Jones's head, near Exeter-Change, in the Strand, 1725. Responsible for the popularization of Palladian (after Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio) architecture in Britain, Colen Campbell (1676-1729) was one of the most influential British architects of his day. Though he became a successful lawyer after studying at the University of Edinburgh, Campbell eventually moved to London and established himself as an architect. His work bears the influences of James Smith (c. 1645-1731), another highly-influential Scottish arch