The London Gardener

‘Sprightly mirth and martial pleasantry’: the military encampments in Hyde and St James’s Parks in the wake of the Gordon Riots

Author - Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Originally published in Volume 25 (2021)

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Paul Sandby, View near the Ring in Hyde Park during the Encampment 1780, detail showing a laundress and a blasted, ancient tree (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021)