Governor's Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia

Dublin Core

Title

Governor's Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia

Subject

Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Lincoln, F.S.
Museum docents - Virginia - Williamsburg

Description

View of the Governor's Palace garden terraces, also known as "falling gardens," 1935. In the foreground, a female costumed interpreter (originally referred to as a "hostess") sits on a bench. These falling gardens, in addition to the canal (at base of stair, out of view) and the ice mount (also out of view) are original eighteenth-century features of the Palace gardens.

Creator

Lincoln, F.S.

Date

1935

Is Part Of

Peter Hornbeck Lantern Slides Collection, AV-2000.9, Box 3

Format

jpeg

Type

Image

Identifier

HLS-124

Rights Holder

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Lantern Slide

Physical Dimensions

3.25 x 4 inches

Citation

Lincoln, F.S., “Governor's Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 18, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/1180.