Gunnersbury House, the Seat of Princess Amelia Havoline Thermometer Tower A large crowd prepare to

A large crowd prepare to watch the start

Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) was one of the leaders of the British suffragette movement

Below that is a landscape vignette in which a snake and a hart appear in woodland

10th August 1957

Gunnersbury House, the Seat of Princess Amelia Havoline Thermometer Tower A large crowd prepare to'Gunnersbury House, the Seat of Princess Amelia'. Gunnersbury House is a Palladian mansion designed in the mid 17th century by John Webb, son in law and pupil of Inigo Jones. It was built for Sir John Maynard, a lawyer and politician. The house was acquired in 1760 for Princess Amelia, the second daughter of King George II.