Description: | Copy of an engraving of the showing a view from the gardens ,looking from the front of the house north west across the estate. A couple garden ornaments can be seen in the picture, and in the far right hand corner, in the distance, can be seen the Canning Memorial, which Sir George had erected in memory of his friend Sir George Canning. The estate had previously been owned by Sir George Staunton, a great authority on China, who purchased it in the early 1820's and died in 1860.
This illustration is from a series of engravings called "Views of Leigh Park, the seat of late Sir George Thomas Staunton " held in Southampton University Library. |