Reference code
AND/3/95
Title
Anderdon's biographical notes on Sir William Chambers
Date
[c.1870]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
Referencing Wraxall, who witnessed the demolition of old Somerset House. Also noting that Chamber's work,
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening resulted in a satirical poem, attributed to
William Mason. Anderdon then speaks of the huge expense of constructing the new building and the Parliamentary arguments resulting.
Bibliography
Nathaniel Wraxall, Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time, 3 vols., London, 1836
William Mason, An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, 1773