Sujet

Westminster Abbey, and the Palace of Westminster under construction, London, c1857. Creator: Roger Fenton.

Légende

Westminster Abbey, and the Palace of Westminster under construction, London, c1857. Early photographic representation of London; the view, possibly from Great Smith Street, shows the medieval abbey, with construction work on the new Palace of Westminster behind. Scaffolding around the Clock Tower (also referred to as St Stephen's Tower) which houses the famous Big Ben bell, can be seen on the left. In the foreground are horse-drawn carts. Fenton, a founder member of the London Photography Society, (later the Royal Photographic Society), contributed to the establishment of documentary photography.

Date

1857

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum

Notre référence

HRM19A82_484

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50.0Mo (2.7Mo) / 40.1cm x 31.2cm / 4738 x 3686 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building religious architecture politics tower religion color lighting lamppost medieval palace political location Victorian clock tower century Big Ben Houses of Parliament sepia abbey concept Westminster Abbey B&W Colour street Lighting 19th century black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages nineteenth century Palace of Westminster Great Smith Street St Stephen's Tower streetlighting outside street photograph Roger Fenton Fenton Roger Elizabeth Tower 19th-century London Museum

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Utilisation éditoriale uniquement.