valour and cowardice by stevens, v. and a.

st.paul's cathedral, london


Folder: english cathedrals

valour and cowardice by stevens, v. and a.

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valour and cowardice, a maquette by stevens for the monument to the duke of wellington, who died in 1852. the monument was begun in 1857 and finished in 1912, 37 years after stevens' death

truth and falsehood by stevens, v. and a.

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truth and falsehood, a maquette by stevens for part of the monument to the duke of wellington, who died in 1852. the monument was begun in 1857 and finished in 1912, 37 years after stevens' death

valour and cowardice by stevens, v. and a.

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valour and cowardice, a maquette by stevens for the monument to the duke of wellington, who died in 1852. the monument was begun in 1857 and finished in 1912, 37 years after stevens' death

st.paul's cathedral, london

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View of structure between brick cone which supports the lantern and the outer skin of the drum above and behind the columnade. The drum and dome where begun in 1702 and completed by 1710 by wren.

st. paul's cathedr, london

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the west front was begun by wren in 1686, the western towers built in 1706-8

st.paul's cathedral, london

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tomb of john martin +1680 and wife , in the cathedral crypt

st.paul's cathedral, london

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1702 memorial showing st.cecilia, by francis bird for wren's daughter jane, in the crypt.

st.paul's cathedral, london

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view onto roofs of south aisle and library, finished by wren by the end of the c17, with the west towers built 1706-8

st.paul's cathedral, london

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west towers of wren's cathedral 1706-8

st.paul's cathedral, london

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tomb of john martin +1680 and wife , in the cathedral crypt

st.paul's cathedral, london

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view down onto chancel aisle roofs, showing wren's use of flying buttresses behind his screen walls , meant to imply a second storey

st.paul's cathedral, london

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memento mori at the entry to the crypt of wren's cathedral, foundations 1675- finish 1711

st.paul's cathedral, london

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west towers of wren's cathedral 1706-8

st.paul's cathedral, london

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view onto roofs of south aisle and library, finished by wren by the end of the c17, with the west towers built 1706-8. the screen walls falsely suggest a less conventional interior than the elevations suggest; wren's cathedral is a gothic building in classical dress, right down to the flying buttresses that the screens hide. one of these is visible with a stepped profile here at the bottom of the photo.

st.paul's cathedral, london

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lantern columns above dome

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west towers of wren's cathedral 1706-8, nave 1684-99

st.paul's cathedral, london

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view from the bubble of wren;s dome of 1702-10 to a western tower of 1706-8

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structural arches behind the columns on the drum of the dome. which was begun 1702 and finished 1710

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