Image: Plate 55 The Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo

Description: First ever illustration of a gazebo, first use of the word also. Book describes it as "Plate LV, The Elevation of a Chinese Tower or Gazebo, situated on a rock, and raised to a considerable Height, and a Gallery round it to render the Prospect more compleat (sic). and the plate itself is titled "The Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IAlbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT23&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=gazebo&f=false and illustration itself at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IAlbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT23&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=plate%20lv&f=false book published in 1755, full title: Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste: Being Designs Entirely New for the Decoration of Gardens, Parks, Forrests, Insides of Houses, & C., on Sixty Copper Plates, with Full Instructions for Workmen ; Also a Near Estimate of the Charge, and Hints where Proper to be Erected (Google eBook)
Title: Plate 55 The Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo
Credit: Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste
Author: William Halfpenny, John Halfpenny
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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