Plaque

Chiswick Square

Inscription

The houses each side were built about 1680. Boston House built in 1740, on the site of a previous mansion lies in the picturesque old square behind large iron gates.
Into this garden Thackeray in "Vanity Fair" describes Becky Sharp as throwing the dictionary.

Site: Chiswick Square (1 memorial)

W4, Chiswick Square, 1

Our photograph manages to exclude the Great West Road which is constantly thundering nearby.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Chiswick Square

Subjects commemorated i

Becky Sharp

The main character of William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fa...

Vanity Fair

Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.

William Thackeray

Novelist. Born Calcutta, full name William Makepeace Thackeray. Best known f...

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