Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge

Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge is a 1762 landscape painting by the Welsh artist Richard Wilson.

[1] It depicts a view of Kew Gardens, then the grounds of the royal palace.

It shows the newly constructed Great Pagoda, designed by the architect William Chambers.

Both this and another work depicting Kew The Ruined Arch reflect Wilson's travels in Italy, and attempt to Italianise the scene.

[3] Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut, having been acquired from Paul Mellon in 1976.