Chambers Gallery

Eighteenth Century Version of a Pagoda in Kew Gardens, c1935. Creator: Unknown

Eighteenth Century Version of a Pagoda in Kew Gardens, c1935. View of the Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens, Richmond, south-west London. The Chinese-inspired ten-storey octagonal pagoda is 163 ft (nearly 50 metres) high, and was completed in 1762 as a surprise for Princess Augusta, the Dowager Princess of Wales and mother of George III. It was designed by Sir William Chambers. From "Wonderful London, Volume 2", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]

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Madame Melba, Mr. Haddon Chambers, and Mr. Bertram Mackennal, c1900, (1910). Artist: H Gude

Madame Melba, Mr. Haddon Chambers, and Mr. Bertram Mackennal, c1900, (1910). Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), born Helen Nellie Porter Mitchell famed Australian operatic soprano pictured with Mr. Haddon Chambers (1860-1921), and Mr. Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931). From The Strand Magazine. [George Newnes Ltd. , London, 1910]

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Sir Robert Finlay in his chambers, c1903. Artist: Campbell & Gray

Sir Robert Finlay in his chambers, c1903. Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay GCMG, PC, QC, MD (1842?1929), British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co., London, 1903-4]

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