Visited Mr. Child's
House near Brentford, called Osterly House. It is on a level Situation, the
House large, four faces, and a Court within very handsomely furnished with many
fine Paintings, and in some Respects, especially as an habitable House superior
to Sion House. The Grounds about it very extensive and kept in the neatest
order with several Ponds of Water well disposed, and of a great extent which
must have been very expensive in making, at a considerable distance from the
House is the Poultry Yards, Aviary &c. with many curious Birds from the
Several parts of the World, a fine large piece of water prettily bordered with
Trees, where are Water fowl of all sorts and a Chinese Bark with several
Appartments for Family use. In the Library which is very fine are several
Capital Paintings. King Charles Ist. excellently done, with the Earl of
Stratford who was sacrificed to the times, and a superior Portrait on horseback
of Villiers Duke of Buckingham who was stabbed by Felton, in the ground of the
Picture is a fleet described which he was then fitting out for a Expedition to
the Isle of Rhé.
SOURCE: New York
Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical
Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, pp. 11-2
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