Sepia-tinted real photo postcard of the view from the Terrace and Buccleuch Gardens, Richmond, towards the Thames. Pencil: E W G 2/7/38 [no address supplied - inscription may have had nothing to do with postage]. The Terrace Gardens in Richmond were originally a group of three houses, which were bought by the Richmond Vestry and turned into a park, opened in 1887. Among the properties was Buccleuch House, and the fifth Duke of Buccleuch (President of the RHS 1862-73) may have played a part in the development of the gardens