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    Posted 10 years ago

    vetraio50
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    This view is from within Queen Mary's Bower looking towards the William and Mary part of the palace and border the Privy Garden. These days it is known as Queen Mary's Bower but it was established well before her time. It seems that the bower of elm trees was established in Tudor times. Work began on it in 1531.

    It was a favourite spot of Queen Mary to pass the days while inspecting the work on her new Palace designed by Christopher Wren. Her husband William of Orange was away making war on the Irish!

    "From the terrace one should stroll beneath the dark-green branches of the yew-trees, or along the ever-verdant grass walks, to the fountain that plashes gently in the middle of the parterre ; and thence returning, through the leafy arcade of Queen Mary's Bower — a " dappled path of mingled light and shade " — pass to the old "Pond Garden," which remains very much as it did, when Henry VIII strolled therein with Anne Boleyn ; and where, in the midst of a walled enclosure, surrounded with flowering creepers of all sorts, an old fountain trickles in front of a picturesque arbour. This is indeed a spot of the daintiest and rarest beauty, the product of nigh four centuries of care and time, which no expenditure of money or art could possibly create."

    "It is 100 yards in length, 20 feet high, and 12 feet wide, and the
    branches of the trees are so wonderfully intergrown and interlaced, as to form an avenue completely enclosed and roofed in."

    "Here, at the Water Gallery, and in the gardens close to it, Mary spent most of her time ; sometimes plying her needle on the balcony of beautiful wrought iron, which overhung the then uncockneyfied Thames, and watching the barges float to and fro ; sometimes superintending the laying out of the gardens, or attending to her botanical collection ; sometimes discussing with Wren the details of the new building, and sometimes sitting at work with her ladies, beneath the shade of the curious intertwined trees, still known by the name of " Queen Mary's Bower."

    (HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT PALACE by Ernest J. Law.)

    Black and white post card photograph of Queen Mary's Bower, Hampton Court Palace, no. 12537 by Gale and Polden Ltd., London, Aldershot and Portsmouth. The post card is undated and unused, but others in the same series 'The Wellington Series' appear to date from circa 1900

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks KERRY10456, MANIKIN & AGHCOLLECT too!
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      I'm curious as what your definition of "uncockneyfied" is?
    3. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      It was a quote from that history by Ernest J. Law, BB.

      Cockneys are the working class of nearby London. Uncockneyfied might suggest that the area was still uncontaminated by working class people. An upper middle class pejorative term.
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      We have enough cockneys passing thru here not to know what the term means. I was just curious as to what it meant in that context. Thanks.
    5. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks PHIL 'n BLUNDERBUSS too!
    6. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      BEAUTIFUL!!!
    7. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks SEAN!
    8. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      your very welcome Kevin!!
    9. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks VIOLETORANGE 'n SENCHI !
    10. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks MIKELV!
    11. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks KAREN 'n TOM too!
    12. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Oooh... Would adore walking under this magnificent bower!
      Your research work on your collection is wonderful and so interesting!
    13. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks GEO, ANTIQUES IN NJ 'n KYRATANGO too!
    14. AnneLanders AnneLanders, 10 years ago
      a very poignant dedication...
    15. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks ANNELANDERS!
    16. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks VIRGINIAVINTAGE 'n LEAH G too!!
    17. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks ELISABETHAN!
    18. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks ANTIQUES IN NJ & TED STRAUB!
    19. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks GARGOYLECOLLECTOR!
    20. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks FORTAPACHE!
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      Many thanks HO2CULTCHA!
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      Many thanks POPS52!
    23. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks MOON 'n ANNE LANDERS!
    24. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks GARY!
    25. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks PETEY!
    26. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks RoNM!
    27. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks MIKKO ..... WELCOME BACK!
    28. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks CAPERKID !!!!
    29. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks RADEGRUNDER & AURA too !!!!!
    30. vetraio50 vetraio50, 4 years ago
      Many thanks KERAMIKOS, MALKEY & THOMAS !!!.!.!!!

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