Sujet

Middle Temple - Gate House, c1885. Creator: Henry Dixon & Son.

Légende

Middle Temple - Gate House, c1885. The Middle Temple Gate, also known historically as the 'Great Gate', stands at the top of Middle Temple Lane in the City of London. 'The Gatehouse, which is [Christopher] Wren's, bears the following inscription: SVRREXIT . IMPENS . SOC . M . TEMPLI . MDCLXXXIV. [1684], which date is repeated under the figure of the lamb over the entrance. The gatehouse replaced by Wren's structure was erected by Sir Amias Paulet, who before Wolsey came to be a great man, had put the future Cardinal in the stocks. Fourteen years later the Cardinal revenged himself by imprisoning Sir Amias in the Gatehouse of the Middle Temple, which he also made him rebuild. It is probably this circumstance which lead to the name of "Wolsey's Palace," given to the other gate of the Temple.' Description by Alfred Marks.

Date

1885

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A45_324

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53.9Mo (7.1Mo) / 32.1cm x 42.0cm / 3796 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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