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Enjoy the art! Today’s is Chiswick Eyot 1933 by Eric Ravilious . See more + history + video with : https://t.co/5tuVU805uJ + on the mural at Turnham Green station. https://t.co/WTXFi2Mn49

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2021-02-25

Enjoy the art! Today’s is Sir John Lavery’s 1929 painting of Baths, sold by in 2016. Thanks to . See more + history: https://t.co/kFz2SBZUQN + on the mural at Turnham Green tube station. https://t.co/WTXFi2Mn49

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2021-02-24

My theory- you can see here that at different times statues of Mercury & Venus occupied the same plinth south of Chiswick House. I believe the space was occupied first by Venus until she was relocated to the Doric column.Then Mercury took her place.

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2021-02-01

Remarkable! of a large from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at South Kensington" & "Removal of a tree by Barron's Machine, in the Royal Botanic Society's Garden, Regent's Park https://t.co/nd7ojRLGpk

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2020-12-18

del Libano a House, villa neo-palladiana a ovest di Londra. Gli alberi più antichi risalgono al '700 quando le erano spesso piantate nei viali.

Stampa del giardino di Chiswick House, 1823,
John Gendall
Chiswick House, Roger Fry, 1933

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2020-12-09

Cedars of Lebanon at House, neo-Palladian villa in the west of London. The oldest trees date from the 18th c. when were often planted in avenues.

Print of the garden front view of Chiswick House,1823
John Gendall
Chiswick House, Roger Fry,1933

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2020-12-09

A recent watercolour: Late afternoon Chiswick House November.

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2020-11-17

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) gardener, architect and designer of the Crystal Palace, began his career on 13th Nov 1823 when he entered the Horticultural Society’s Chiswick gardens as a labourer. Learn more in "Joseph Paxton in Chiswick"- https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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2020-11-13

On 24 October 1764 was in his studio reworking the upper part of his plate for "The Bench". One of his assistants added these words later: "This plate would have been better explain'd had the Author Lived a Week longer"

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2020-10-24

The Tower House on the Bedford park estate in Chiswick painted by Manfred Trautschold in 1882. Manfred (1854 - 1921) was the son of the German portrait painter Wilhelm Trautschold. Manfred moved to the US with his family and died in New York.

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2020-10-20

deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest & earliest examples of architecture in the world, & one whose ceiling paintings & dimensions sets it apart as a building dedicated to the origins & symbolism of the

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2020-09-27

Guru Nanak Devji, 19th cen Lucknow or Deccan. Wearing patchwork cloak on top inscribed Kurta & an embroidered pink cap with golden borders, scene set on a terrace. pic frm Chiswick.

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2020-07-31

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) gardener, architect and designer of the Crystal Palace. He began his career in 1823 when he became a labourer at the Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick House. More in "Joseph Paxton in Chiswick"- https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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2020-07-20

Blast from the past: ‘A Shrine to the Stuart Dynasty; Lord Burlington and Jacobite Symbolism at Chiswick House’. This lecture was given to a packed audience to mark my retirement from Chiswick House 6 years ago after 18 years managing the house and conducting extensive research.

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2020-07-04

At Chiswick House the Summer Solstice is represented in the Red Room ceiling by an 8 pointer Garter/ Blazing Star positioned at the centre of the arch. Above is a zodiacal wheel containing the sign of Gemini ruled by Mercury. On the 20th June the sun moves out of Gemini into

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2020-06-21

Sir Stephen Fox (1627-1716) loyal courtier to Charles II, owned an estate in Chiswick, later known as Moreton Hall and gardens. It was incorporated into the grounds of Chiswick House in June 1812. Below is Samuel Ware’s 1812 survey and plan of the estate. https://t.co/tLrK1au0N7

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2020-06-12

My article on influences in the Red Velvet Room at for the ‘English Heritage Historical Review’.

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2020-05-31

Day 72. Going for with Isolation Walk by Strand-on-the-Green 19x15” framed size. £200.

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2020-05-28

Good panorama of west London! There’s also a portrait of Alexander Pope by William Kent hanging in the Bedchamber . See his page (plus credit) on our https://t.co/lSfGoJ4F9f https://t.co/yQESuqXli3

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2020-05-22

I really love my painting of the Orange Tree garden at by the very talented artist Roger Hutchins. The ionic Temple (like many of the other garden fabriques), was designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753).

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2020-05-21