
What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: The rear part of these premises forms Eglantine Cottage where John Keats stayed in 1819 writing Otho The Great and other works here also stayed George Morland landscape artist in 1789 and Thomas Morton dramatist in 1798
John Keats was a prominent English Romantic poet, remembered for his evocative verse and the development of poetic sensibility; George Morland was an influential British painter known for his rustic genre scenes and landscapes; Thomas Morton was an English dramatist notable for his comedies and contributions to early 19th-century theatre.
A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.
Places near here
Daish's HotelListed building · 58 yd
The Shanklin Theatre and Former Town HallListed building · 75 yd
Shanklin: chine waterfall from aboveWaterfall · 254 yd
Shanklin Chine - Upper WaterfallWaterfall · 270 yd
Shanklin ChineHeritage attraction · 286 yd
Rylstone Gardens Crazy GolfHeritage attraction · 339 yd
Hungerberry CopseWood · 943 yd
Haddon's Pits (NT)Nature reserve · 1107 yd
Small Hope BeachBeach / strand · 1221 yd
Welcome BeachBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
Shanklin DownMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Island Line at 7 1/2 milepostMonument or public art · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Jez Nicholson · CC BY-SA 2.0