INTRODUCTION Illuminating the Doctor’s Garden
THE RURAL RETREAT OF Dr. John Coakley Lettsom (1744–1815), at Grove Hill in Camberwell, commanded a panoramic view of the bustling and rapidly expanding city of London on the opposite side of the river Thames. Lettsom described how from his villa, “even the evening scenery presents peculiar beauty;...
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| Published in | The Doctor's Garden p. 1 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United States
Yale University Press
26.10.2021
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9780300236101 0300236107 |
| DOI | 10.2307/j.ctv1z9n1b3.5 |
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| Summary: | THE RURAL RETREAT OF Dr. John Coakley Lettsom (1744–1815), at Grove Hill in Camberwell, commanded a panoramic view of the bustling and rapidly expanding city of London on the opposite side of the river Thames. Lettsom described how from his villa, “even the evening scenery presents peculiar beauty; whilst the stars of the firmament form a canopy, the innumerable lights of the metropolis, are extended beneath like a luminous carpet, and pierce the darkness of night with glittering radiance.”¹ Here on the urban fringes, with London shimmering in the distance, Grove Hill represented both an escape from the busy |
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| ISBN: | 9780300236101 0300236107 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv1z9n1b3.5 |