Items in Westminster

Bas-Relief From the Entablature, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey

A printing office, with an engraver (I think) at left, a proof-reader, a typesetter (at the back) next to the person operating the press itself, and, at right, a boy wearing tights and I think barefoo [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, children, pictures of books, books, people, furniture, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-01-21

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Chapel of Henry VII., Westminster Abbey

“Beyond the Confessor’s Chapel, and beyond the imposing Chantry of Henry V., is Henry VII.’s splendid chapel, in the Perlendicular style, with a richly decorated ceiling of fan tracery, and lined with [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, interiors

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-02

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Westminster Hall

“Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars. Innumerable are its historic [...]

Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-05-18

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Sketch of the Decorations of the unfinished South Wing of the New Houses of Parliament.

When this book was published in 1841, the Houses of Parliament building was not finished; the engraving here shows them partly built. “We should have been glad to have furnished our readers with a vie [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, construction

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-11-14

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Westminster Hall

“Interior of Westminster Hall, as seen during the Trial of Lambert, before Henry VIII.” (p. 144)

Keywords: interiors, royalty, halls

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-15

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210.—Edward the Confessor’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey,—now used as the Pix office.

“Under its original name of the Isle of Bramble or thorn-ea, Westminster was a place of importance before London existed. [...] “The Saxon king Sebert (597 – 616) built a monastery on the site now occ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, castles, anglosaxon remains

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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211.—Windows from the Palace of Westminster

The windows are supposed here to be of Saxon origin; that is, dating between A.D. 440 and A.D. 1100 or so. “A doorway remaining of the old palace at Westminster exhibits the triangular arch (Fig. 212) [...]

Keywords: windows, arches, anglosaxon remains

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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45.—Coronation Chair

“The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also sa [...]

Keywords: royalty, chairs, rocks

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-07-09

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1150.—The Coronation of Henry IV

The coronation ceremony shown here, at which Henry IV was crowned and became King Henry IV, took place at Westminster Abbey in October 1399. The engraving (almost certainly on wood) is signed J. Johns [...]

Keywords: religion, royalty, people, events

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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1156.—Tomb of Henry IV and his Queen

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Keywords: tombs, royalty, statuary

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-02-17

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30.—Sculpture from the entrance to the chapter house, Westminster Abbey (1250)

“Examples abound, but both for beauty and accessibility we can refer to no better example than the carving which enriches the entrance to the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey (Fig. 30).” (p. 68) Car [...]

Keywords: statuary, people

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-08-08

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XV.—Scala Regia, House of Loards.

Monumental Architecture. XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords. Sir John Soane, Architect. The Scala Regia is the ante-room and gallery (corridor) at the House of Lords in Westminster; Sir John Soane desig [...]

Keywords: interiors, ceilings, windows, entrances, stairs, steps, neoclassical, architecture

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-02-06

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