Sujet

The New Houses of Parliament - Ventilating Shaft, River Front, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

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The New Houses of Parliament - Ventilating Shaft, River Front, 1854. Palace of Westminster, London. '...the New Louvre, or Ventilating Shaft, just completed for the exit of the vitiated air and smoke from the Libraries, and the whole of the Committee-rooms...The lantern is quadrangular in form, divided into three stages...At each angle, and in the centre of the flat side, is a light buttress, surmounted by crocketed finials...The top is carried into the air by a slight shaft, finished by a ball-cross. At the base of this shaft is a cluster of four smaller flying buttresses. The total height is about 68 feet...It might be expected that a contrivance of this kind would be an unsightly object - particularly in iron - of which material so little is done to please the taste; but, in this case, this turret, with its light crocketed buttresses, forms a pleasing addition to the river front'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22B08_176

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7,8Mo (460,0Ko) / 10,9cm x 17,8cm / 1292 x 2099 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building London England technology architecture politics British palace political Gothic Westminster century Houses of Parliament Britain newspapers press B&W VENTILATION 19th century black & white black and white B W Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival nineteenth century Palace of Westminster Victorian Gothic City of Westminster The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN outside newspaper engraving Unknown Charles Sir Charles Barry Barry Charles Barry AWN Pugin Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Augustus Welby Pugin Augustus ventilation shaft Augustus W Pugin A Pugin Jnr Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Sir Charles 19th-century