by The Hearsum Collection | Jul 16, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
There are so many interesting items in the Hearsum Collection but one painting particularly caught my eye. It is a lovely depiction of Richmond Park but, more importantly for me, it has links to Ham House, the seat of the Dysart family from the 17th century through to...
by The Hearsum Collection | Jul 11, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
This charming aquatint in the Hearsum Collection, etched by Thomas Sutherland from a drawing by John Gendall, was published by Rudolph Ackermann in 1819. It shows people enjoying Richmond Park just inside Richmond Gate. The gates and lodge were designed by John Soane...
by The Hearsum Collection | Jun 12, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
Nobel prize-winner Bertrand Russell was a significant figure in the history of philosophy and politics who spent most of his childhood at Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park. Bertrand, who became the 3rd Earl Russell, was born into one of Britain’s leading Whig...
by The Hearsum Collection | Jun 11, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
Richmond Park was created as an enclosed landscape where the king could indulge in his favourite sport of deer hunting, but today we have a very different view of what constitutes sport. Three 20th-century kings each had a part to play in developing the Park’s...
by The Hearsum Collection | Jun 10, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
Turn left as you enter the main gates of Pembroke Lodge gardens, look on the grassy slopes, and you will discover a headstone for a dog. “Boy”, who died in 1907, was for 13 years “a faithful and loving friend “to “GED”. We...
by The Hearsum Collection | Jun 9, 2015 | Stories from the Collection
THE RUSSELL SCHOOL Behind the group of deer in this postcard from the Hearsum Collection (from the 1930s) are the buildings of Russell School which was originally in Richmond Park, near Petersham Gate. The school was founded in 1851 by Lord John Russell who had been...
