Sujet

Pediment of the Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Pediment of the Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington, [London], 1854. 'Sculpture on the magnificent hotel lately erected at the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway...the sumptuous style of the principal facade [is] of the age of Louis XIV or somewhat later; the design of Mr P.C. Hardwick...the sculptural enrichments [are] by Mr [John] Thomas, including for colossal terminal figures supporting the balcony. Above is the pediment by the same sculptor... it is filled with allegorical figures including the Four Quarters characteristically attended; Peace, Plenty, Industry and Science, and their accessories. The several figures are cleverly modelled, and grouped, and the work adds to the high reputation of the sculptor Mr Thomas...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_323

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,2Mo (2,2Mo) / 44,9cm x 14,6cm / 5309 x 1727 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation animal building female women woman people railways architecture Indian arts industry local science sculpture art British railway elephant peace abundance decoration decorative industrial station Neo-classical native Native American Indians hotel railway station century train station Britain newspapers press facade Native Americans concept plenty decorated B&W American Indian American Indians Architectural Feature allegory pediment 19th century black & white black and white B W allegorical Neoclassical Neoclassicism allegorical figures allegorical figure façade nineteenth century Paddington Station Neo-Classicism The Print Collector artistic school Great Western Railway GWR Illustrated London News ILN indigenous building exterior newspaper engraving Unknown Thomas John Hardwick John Thomas Philip Charles Hardwick Philip Charles hôtel 19th-century Great Western Royal Hotel