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Event: Visit to Chiswick HouseDates: 1786-04-02 - 1786-04-02Short Description: As part of their extended tour of English Gardens, Jefferson and Adams visit Chiswick House. Jefferson recorded his impressions: Cheswick. Belongs to Duke of Devonshire. A garden about six acres;-the octagonal dome has an ill effect, both within and without: the garden shows still too much of art. An obelisk of very ill effect; another in the middle of a pond useless. Event Type:'Tourist' Visit Record created by Chad Wollerton Connected PlacesChiswick House |