Lao-Tzu Finish:Single The plate was printed with

The plate was printed with an English extract of the letter in Philosophical Collections ed

as seen from the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens

The site was purchased by the Crown in 1787 to become one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the UK

View of the tavern on the corner of Arundel Street and the Strand

He wears a tricorn hat and holds a staff in one hand and a barrel in the other

Lao-Tzu Finish:Single The plate was printed withLao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and inspiration of Taoism, 1922. Lao Tzu (Lao Zi) ( 604 531 BC) was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient China, and appeared frequently in Chinese and Japanese paintings. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922.