| Description | Manuscript description of "The Great Cedar at Hammersmith", with pen and ink drawing, by A P, of the tree in the garden of "Hammersmith House". (Watermarked 1824)
The pen and ink drawing shows young ladies under the tree and on the lawns of Butterwick House which can be seen in the background, as can the tower of St Paul's Church.
The description is taken from "Sylva Britannica", by Jacob George Strutt, 1822.
It is quoted in "The History and Antiquities of Hammersmith", by Thomas Faulkner, 1839, p. 305-306 |