Sujet

Staircase and Tazza, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Creator: Unknown.

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Staircase and Tazza, Lansdown Tower, 1845. Interior of an architectural folly built for British art collector William Beckford near Bath, Somerset. It was designed by Henry Goodridge. The house and contents were auctioned after Beckford's death in 1844. '...the Staircases, is not, in itself, remarkable; but, upon the landing, is a fine specimen of modern art. This is a magnificent colossal vase, of Peterhead granite, highly polished, seven feet high, three feet diameter: the vase is tazza-shaped, on a pillar and pedestal of the same material; on the pedestal are three finely-executed demi-lions in bronze; it is also enriched with bold bronze mouldings'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_266

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (6,1Mo) / 29,8cm x 42,0cm / 3521 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England interior architecture stone British ornamental stairway Victorian century stairs granite Britain staircase inside newspapers press interior design concept vase Somerset B&W spiral staircase folly interior decoration 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving Listed Building Unknown William Henry William Beckford Beckford William Thomas Beckford Henry Goodridge Goodridge Beckford's Tower Lansdown Tower Henry Edmund Goodridge Henry Edmund