FOBO - Monumental Architecture (page 1/2)

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[picture: XV.---Scala Regia, House of Lords.]

Monumental Architecture. XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords. Sir John Soane, Architect. [more...] [$]

The front cover of this 1910 collection of 50 plates reproduced from photographs. The individual plates are not bound together: the cover makes a stiff envelope to hold them,. [more...] [$]

XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris.

Monumental architecture. XXXIV.—Monument in the Cemetary of Père Lachaise, Paris.
Albert Bartholomé, sculptor. [more...] [$]

II.—Old Museum, Berlin, Lion Slayer.

The statue in this photograph is called Löwenkämpfer, or lion fighter. It was made by Albert Wolff in 1858 and is outside the Altes Museum. [more...] [$]

IV.—West Front of Buckingham Palace.

The lack of a flag probably means the King (at the time) was not at home. Thewing on the left today is the Queen’s private disco and mosh pit. [more...] [$]

Pictures from Series XII (Monumental Architecture) from the Library of Plates for Architects, published around 1910 by The Proprietors of the Architects’ and Builders’ Journal, Technical Journals Ltd of Westminster, London.

There are fifty full-page plates, approx 17x25cm (a little under 7 × 10 inches).

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Monumental Architecture (page 1/2)

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