Writers & Artists
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| Horace Walpole |
The 18th century was Twickenham's literary golden age, when it was known as the classic village. Earlier residents include the philosopher and essayist, Francis Bacon who lived at Twickenham Park from about 1580 to 1608 and the poet Sir John Suckling (1609-1642) who lived at Whitton in a house demolished in 1745.
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| Alexander Pope |
Alexander Pope dominated the earlier years of the 18th century and Horace Walpole the later years.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was at Savile House in Heath Road,
David Garrick at his villa in Hampton, Paul Whitehead at Colne Lodge and Richard Owen Cambridge at Cambridge Park. Many others, including Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, and John Gay, creator of the Beggar's Opera, were visitors.
In the 19th century residents (sometimes briefly) included Charles Dickens and Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twickenham, Francis Palgrave, compiler of the Golden Treasury, in Whitton and R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, in Teddington. In the 20th century residents included Noel Coward in Teddington and Walter de la Mare in Twickenham. |
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| J M W Turner |
Painters in the 18th century included Sir Godfrey Kneller at Whitton and Samuel Scott in Twickenham. Thomas Hudson, the portrait painter, lived in Cross Deep from 1753-1779. Kneller had a studio where he and a number of assistants worked prolifically and where 800 pictures were left to be sold at his death in 1723. |
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In the 19th century J M W Turner built and lived at Sandycombe Lodge and, though Thomas Rowlandson does not appear to have lived in the locality, a number of his drawings depict local scenes.
Alfred Sisley, the impressionist, also visited the area in 1874 and painted a series of pictures of views of the Thames between Hampton Court and Hampton. |
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