The tower on Sion Hill called the Folley [art original].

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Title: The tower on Sion Hill called the Folley [art original].
Creator: Farington, Joseph, 1747-1821, artist
Published / Created: [1785?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: View of a brick tower at the top of the hill; at its runs a stream. Trees flank each side of the image in the foreground
Description: Inscribed in ink below the title: Built by Thos. Greening Esq. (when Gardener of Kensington Gardens under his late Majesty King George the Second) for the purpose of a termination to the view from his house, now Sion School at Brentford-Encl: and also for exhibiting illuminations, and fire works on the Kings birthday, and other public occasions, it standing directly opposite the Kings Palace at Richmond, where his late Majesty usually resided.
Inscription in pencil on verso: [Mercer] ?35, Farington of his drawing of ... Monument.
Joseph Farington, English landscape painter, 1747-1827.
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Extent: 1 drawing : image 24 x 20.2 cm, sheet 27.2 x 20.2 cm, mounted on sheet 30 x 22.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: watercolor and pen and ink ;
Subject (Topic): Kensington Gardens (London, England)
Towers
Architectural follies
Subjects: Kensington Gardens (London, England)
Towers
Architectural follies
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Joseph Farington, The Tower on Sion Hill called the Folley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.