Lao-Tzu Finish:Single The site was purchased by

The site was purchased by the Crown in 1787 to become one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the UK

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He wears a tricorn hat and holds a staff in one hand and a barrel in the other

as seen from the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens

Lao-Tzu Finish:Single The site was purchased byLao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and inspiration of Taoism, 1922. Lao Tzu (Lao Zi) ( 604 531 BC) was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient China, and appeared frequently in Chinese and Japanese paintings. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922.