The Chiswick House was just down the street from where we were staying in London, so we had to stop by. It's a lovely garden, with lots of people around, enjoying the place. The Chiswick House is a Palladian villa from 1729, and, according to Wikipedia, and an early example of the English landscape garden.
Taking a walk around the neighborhood, we stumbled on a lovely country church. And then we realized that it is where Whistler and his wife are buried.
Their tombstone is gorgeous.
My only complaint was, I felt like his wife got the short end of the stick in terms of being memorialized:
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