Silver-tinted postcard of the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, with children playing. Pencil: Dear Edie, Just a card to thank you for all good wishes, also Pillar Box that is very nice, I am so glad you ar ehaving nice weather that more than we are here it is pouring with rain while I am writing this. With love to all from E Gay (address in Clacton supplied). Kensington Gardens was originally the western end of Hyde Park, but was separated in 1728 to be developed by Henry Wise and Charles Bridgeman as the grounds of Kensington Palace; features of their work that survive today include the Serpentine, the Round Pond, and the Dutch garden in its original form. The gardens were opened to the public in 1841; in 1860 the Italian fountains were created by James Pennethorne during W.A. Nesfield's alterations. Various statues have been added to the park: the statues of Edward Jenner by William Calder Marshall (1858/62), of Physical Energy by G. F. Watts (1907), and of Peter Pan by George Frampton (1912)