Thursday, June 29, 2023

Honeywood

Located in the South London village of Carshalton, Honeywood is a 17th-century house that serves as a heritage centre.

Carshalton Water Tower


Carshalton Ponds


Honeywood



Honeywood, back in the day




The game of Snakes & Ladders


Lavender Water



The Billiard Room


Carshalton High Street, back in the day









Carshalton Station





Monday, June 26, 2023

The National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery has just reopened after a 3-year refurbishment project.  Established in 1856, it has been in its current location near Trafalgar Square since 1896.

Kate



Charles Dickens



Queen Victoria

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
She wrote the novel in Switzerland in
1818 when she was just 18 years old!

Mary's husband Percy.  The poet
was 29 years old when he drowned
in Italy in 1822.



The Chevalier d'Eon was transgender
in the 1700's.

Ben Franklin


Irish poet Seamus Heaney

Diana

Legendary British folk chanteuse Sandy Denny

D. H. Lawrence, author of
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Oscar Wilde


Anna Wintour

Vivien Leigh


Amy Winehouse

Judi Dench

1928 death mask of actress Ellen Terry

1882 death mask of artist
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Noel Coward

Bageriet Swedish Bakery in Covent Garden