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[[Kensington Palace]] from the south by [[Jan Kip]]. The plate was made for ''Britannia Illustrata'' (1707-8) and dedicated to "[[Anne of Great Britain|Her most Serene and most Sacred Majesty, Anne]]" The plate was reprinted unchanged in 1724. The watercolor tinting is modern.
The planting of the [[parterre]]s was by [[Henry Wise]], but their traditional 17th century layout, of paired plats divided by a central gravel walk, each subdivided in four, appears to have survived from the Palace's pre-royal existence as Nottingham House.
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