Sujet

The old Foreign Office, Downing-Street, 1861. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The old Foreign Office, Downing-Street, [London], 1861. 'The accompanying Engraving represents that which was the front view of the Foreign Office in Downing-street, now in process of demolition...It is not necessary here to refer to the famous "battles of the styles" which took place in the House of Commons from time to time, and in which Lord Palmerston so vigorously defended the Italian or Palladian (we never understood exactly which) against the advocates of the Gothic. As matters now stand, we believe that the building to be erected will belong to a style which is essentially "Palmerstonian," Mr. George Scott, the celebrated Gothic architect, having, with a grim humour, concocted a plan which, it is said, owes a good deal to the suggestions of the Premier, and which will be broadly Italian with an occasional infusion of Gothic'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23B24_345

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,6Mo (1019,7Ko) / 20,7cm x 14,0cm / 2450 x 1655 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building London England office offices government architecture arts art British color Westminster location century Britain newspapers press print concept B&W office building demolition demolishing engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black downing street nineteenth century City of Westminster The Print Collector Foreign Office Illustrated London News TGN ILN outside street newspaper Unknown Scott Gilbert Lord Palmerston Temple Sir George Gilbert Scott George Gilbert Scott I George Gilbert Scott George Gilbert Sir Gilbert Scott Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert 19th-century Henry John