Altarpiece at Westminster Abbey, photograph, page, photographer: John Harrington, c. 1864 - in or before 1869, paper, albumen print, height 130 mm x width 186 mm, interior of church, abbey, monastery, convent, Roman Catholic church, altar with dossel (dorsal), 'reredos', altar-screen, retable, London, Westminster Abbey, A wide interior view of an ornate stone structure with tall pointed arches and ribbed vaulted ceilings behind a carved marble screen, featuring decorative columns and sculpted relief along its upper edge. In the central opening of the screen there is a framed panel depicting a seated figure surrounded by others at a long table, set above an intricately carved base. Flanking the central panel are two tall arched openings with tracery and clustered slender columns, and above the screen a row of sculpted roundels and ornamental figures runs horizontally. The foreground shows a patterned stone floor with circular motifs and a low railing with metal posts, while the sides of...
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Altarpiece at Westminster Abbey, photograph, page, photographer: John Harrington, c. 1864 - in or before 1869, paper, albumen print, height 130 mm x width 186 mm, interior of church, abbey, monastery, convent, Roman Catholic church, altar with dossel (dorsal), 'reredos', altar-screen, retable, London, Westminster Abbey, A wide interior view of an ornate stone structure with tall pointed arches and ribbed vaulted ceilings behind a carved marble screen, featuring decorative columns and sculpted relief along its upper edge. In the central opening of the screen there is a framed panel depicting a seated figure surrounded by others at a long table, set above an intricately carved base. Flanking the central panel are two tall arched openings with tracery and clustered slender columns, and above the screen a row of sculpted roundels and ornamental figures runs horizontally. The foreground shows a patterned stone floor with circular motifs and a low railing with metal posts, while the sides of the image reveal large cylindrical pillars and darker shadowed niches. The photograph has a sepia tone and an outer border of lighter paper.

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Altarpiece Westminster Abbey photograph page photographer John Harrington c 1864 - 1869 paper albumen print height 130 mm x width 186 mm interior church abbey monastery convent Roman Catholic church altar dossel dorsal reredos altar-screen retable London wide interior view ornate stone structure tall pointed arches ribbed vaulted ceilings carved marble screen featuring decorative columns sculpted relief upper edge central opening screen framed panel depicting seated figure surrounded long table set intricately carved base Flanking central panel two tall arched openings tracery clustered slender columns row sculpted roundels ornamental figures runs horizontally foreground patterned stone floor circular motifs low railing metal posts sides image reveal large cylindrical pillars darker shadowed niches sepia tone outer border lighter paper

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