ON THE THAMES BY RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D. KEEPER OF THE PRINTED BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM SEELEY AND CO., LIMITED, ESSEX STREET, STRAND NEW YORK: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1896 13 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES Richmond Hill. Etched by John Fullwood, R.S.B.A. The Thames, from the Buccleugh Gardens. Etched by Clough Bromley The View from Richmond Hill. By G. Barrett, jun. Engraved by T. Huson, R.P.E. Richmond Bridge. By Turner. Engraved by T. Huson, R.P.E. ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT PAGE Frontispiece 48 56 68 The Palace, Richmond. From an old Engraving The Palace, Richmond. From the Etching by W. Hollar, 1638 Richmond Hill and the Palace in the Seventeenth Century. After a Picture by Vinckenboom in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 10 II 13 Henry VII. From the Effigy by Torrigiano in Westminster Abbey 17 24 26 British Museum : 31 Thomson's Summer-house. From an Engraving by W. B. Cooke, after G. Barnard 37 39 Sir Joshua Reynolds' House on Richmond Hill. By J. Farrington, R.A. Engraved by T. Huson, R.P.E. 40 The View from Richmond Hill. By Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by T. 41 The Thames and Richmond Hill, from the Earl of Cholmondeley's House, 1749 43 46 Richmond Park Gate. By J. Brown, 1805 51 The White Lodge, Richmond Park. Drawn by Clough Bromley The White Lodge, Richmond Park, in the time of Lord Sidmouth In Richmond Park looking towards Petersham. Drawn by Clough Bromley The View from Richmond Hill. By Turner. Reproduced from the Engraving by J. T. Wilmore, by T. Huson, R.P.E.. PAGE 53 55 57 59 61 63 Richmond Hill and the old Star and Garter. By J. D. Harding. Engraved by 65 T. Huson, R.P.E. The old Star and Garter. From a Drawing by Captain Grose, British Museum. 67 The Ferry, with Richmond Lodge in the distance. After Marco Ricci. Engraved by T. Huson, R.P.E. 71 The Duke of Buccleugh's Cottage, 1832; now the Residence of Sir J. Whittaker 73 75 The Thames and Twickenham Eyot. By T. M. Baynes, 1823. Engraved by Richmond Bridge, from Isleworth Meadows. After R. R. Reinagle, R.A. The Old Palace at Kew. By Paul Sandby, R.A. Kew Gardens in the Eighteenth Century. By W. Woollett Palace at Kew built by George III. By W. Daniell, R.A. Kew Green. Drawn by Clough Bromley Petersham Church. Drawn by Clough Bromley Ham House. Drawn by Clough Bromley Pope's House, Twickenham. From an old Engraving 77 81 83 87 88 90 91 92 95 Huson, R.P.E. Twickenham Church. From a Print by G. W. Pickett. Reproduced by T. Strawberry Hill. By Paul Sandby, R.A. Engraved by T. Huson, R.P.E. 97 99 The Gallery, Strawberry Hill. From an old Engraving. Reproduced by T. CHAPTER I THE OLD PALACE AND MONASTERIES Not wholly in the busy world, nor quite THESE lines of the poet express the sentiment which has always guided monarchs, statesmen, and others engaged in the practical business of the world, in the selection of retreats from the cares of government and business. Hence some of the most delightful spots on earth are found in the vicinity of great cities, where taste has taken advantage of natural beauty, and converted fields and woods into parks and gardens. It may be, however, that the world has now seen almost the last of such rura in urbe. Two causes militate strongly against their perpetuation -the vast increase in the dimensions of modern cities, so infinitely beyond anything that could have been anticipated in past ages, and the still less expected acceleration of the means of transit, which now enables recreation to be sought at considerable distances without relaxing the sovereign's or the statesman's hold upon public affairs. Henry VII., the second founder of Richmond and the bestower of its present appellation, had a palace at Greenwich also. No place could have seemed more appropriate for the residence of the sovereign of a great marine state, on the way to be the first sea-power in the world; and there, in fact, Queen Elizabeth by preference received foreign ambassadors. By the time of Charles II., however, residence there had become impossible even to a less pleasure-loving sovereign, and only the happy thought of Nell Gwynne (if it was hers) has preserved Greenwich as an object of national pride and interest. Richmond has suffered less. |
