Old Swan House. Chelsea Embankment, London
- Title:
- Old Swan House. Chelsea Embankment, London
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Shaw, Richard Norman (English and Scottish architect, 1831-1912)
Lemere, Bedford (English photographer, 1840-ca. 1911)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1876-ca. 1885 (photograph)
1876 (building)
- Location:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 872
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00872
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00872.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Neoclassical
Gothic Revival - Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Old Swan House, London, England
mansions
town houses
Brick walls
dormers
cornices
bay windows
cityscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
streetscapes
Chelsea, London, England
reliefs (sculptures)
Swans
Birds
animals by form
oculi (openings)
photographs - Measurement:
- 27.94 x 22.86 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "In Old Swan House, Richard Shaw's unusual design includes such English Baroque architectural elements as bay windows and dormers. The broad white cornice over the second floor divides the façade into two contrasting halves. The lower half with its rippling bay windows appears brittl e and weightless. This is a paradoxical support for the more massive wall above. Here tall windows set up a strong vertical rhythm in contrast to the horizontal cornice. The complex façade is knit together by the dominating warm red brick, an element of the Gothic revival." (Source: http://www.tulan e.edu/lester/text/19thCentury/DEF/DEF23.html )
- 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.