Greek Revival Vase with Picturesque Views (detail)Tucker Factory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)1828–36
Greek Revival Vase with Picturesque Views (detail)Tucker Factory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)1828–36Porcelain, brassThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkView: 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. -- source link
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