London. Fire Monument
- Title:
- London. Fire Monument
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Wren, Christopher (English architect, 1632-1723)
Stuart, Francis Godolphin Osbourne (British photographer, 1843-1923)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1865-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1671-1677 (monument)
- Location:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 867
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00867
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00867.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Monument, London, England
monuments
cityscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
streetscapes
Doric columns
inscriptions
reliefs (sculptures)
Fires
Wagons
business districts
Commerce
signs by form
flags
The City, London, England
photographs - Measurement:
- 28.575 x 22.225 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "The Monument" is a "column in the City of London, just north of London Bridge, that commemorates the Great Fire of London (1666). It was most likely designed by the physicist and architect Robert Hooke, although some sources credit Sir Christopher Wren. Erected in the 1670s near the site of the fire's origin (on Pudding Lane), it stands 202 feet (61.5 metres) above the pavement. Its viewing platform is accessible via an internal spiral staircase." (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.