Streatham Park, Mr. Thrale's House, situated south of Tooting Bec Road facing the common and made famous in the writings of Dr.Samuel Johnson, who was a frequent visitor here from 1765 till 1782. View of the summer-house, the favourite retreat of Dr.Johnson, 1773. Vignette engraving, frontispiece of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD., Vol.III. Ref. SP24/188/THR.7
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Image type: | Lithograph |
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Ref: | 02183 |
Identifier: | SP24/188/THR.7 |
Date: | c.1775 |
#-Before 1850 #HOUSING #JOHNSON Dr. Samuel #Lithograph #OPEN SPACES #People #STREATHAM CENTRAL