Coloured engraved plate depicting [Hagley Park] in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. The park was developed under the guidance of George Lyttelton who created the park as a memorial to his wife Lucy. The park attracted eminent visitors such as Alexander Pope (an English poet and satirist) and Scottish poet James Thomson. Alexander Pope contributed designs for three garden buildings. The book plate bears the imprints 'Woollet delt', 'Publish'd May 1st 1800' and 'Le Couer sculp'. From the book 'Observations on modern gardening' by Thomas Whately