Sujet

'Magog (Corineus), one of the two City giants burnt in the London Guildhall fire, 1940. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

'Magog (Corineus), one of the two City giants burnt in the London Guildhall fire of Sunday, December 29th, 1940'. Gog and Magog, are associated with Guildhall. Legend has it that the two giants were defeated by Brutus and chained to the gates of his palace on the site of Guildhall. The earliest versions of Gog and Magog were destroyed during the Great Fire of London. They were replaced in 1708 by a pair of wooden statues carved by Captain Richard Saunders. It was these giants that were destroyed in the Blitz. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell. [The National Magazine Co. Ltd, London, 1941]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1940

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C66_006

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,4Mo (4,6Mo) / 31,0cm x 54,5cm / 3664 x 6432 (300dpi)

Mots clés

ville Londres possession bois intérieur industrie grand statue jour magasin arme armes garder géant en bois guerre endroit désastre siècle lance catastrophe compagnie concept légende mythologie B&W les années 40 MONOCHROME guerre guildhall magog créature mythique noir et blanc noir et blanc B W armements légendaire 20e siècle The Print Collector The Connoisseur photographie Unknown Majuj human likeness Fell H Granville Fell H Granville National Magazine Co Ltd fire of London Corineus photographie