Sujet

Micklegate Bar, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Micklegate Bar, York city walls, 1870. 'The gates, of which several remain in perfect preservation, and one of which, called the Micklegate Bar, forms the subject of our Engraving, are singularly imposing. The view is taken from the inside, and shows the several flights of steps by which the path along by the walls is reached, and from which a view over the surrounding country, as well as of the tall chimneys and busy foundries immediately below, can be obtained. The fronts of these bars or gates, such as the Micklegate, the Monk's Bar, and the Walm- gate Bar-the last of which still retains its barbican or projecting entrance-are grand and noble, and so well preserved that one is insensibly carried back some four or five centuries to the time when sombre broadcloth had not extinguished the taste for colour, and "motley was the only wear.' From "Illustrated London News, 1870.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A49_230

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,6Mo (2,5Mo) / 31,4cm x 42,0cm / 3704 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city building England architecture wall walls town arts doorway York art British door doors walled city location century Britain newspapers press print North Yorkshire B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W City Walls nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN walled town wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown town wall 19th-century The Illustrated London News