2-648-628 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Summer at The Pines', c1909, (1934). The Pines, 11 Putney Hill, Putney, the home of Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) an English critic and poet, seen in the lower window. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic seen in the upper window. After a decline in Swinburne’s health in 1879, he was taken into care by Watts-Dunton at The Pines, who is claimed to have rescued Swinburne from alcoholism. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934]