Cambridge. Trinity College, Wren Library
- Title:
- Cambridge. Trinity College, Wren Library
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Thorvaldsen, Bertel (Danish sculptor, restorer, and collector, ca. 1770-1844)
Wren, Christopher (English architect, 1632-1723)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1865-ca. 1885 (photograph)
1695 (building)
- Location:
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 10086002
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00637
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10086002.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Neoclassical
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- universities (buildings)
Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Lord Byron
libraries (buildings)
books
University campuses
Portrait busts
object sculpture
bookcases
interior views
Tiled floors
Pilasters
photographs - Measurement:
- 21.9075 x 27.305 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "The Wren library was completed in 1695 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren...Wren was not only responsible for the design of the fabric of the building, but for the furniture as well. The limewood carvings inside are the work of Grinling Gibbons, who carved royal arms at the Nort h and South ends of the library, arms of major subscribers to the appeal for funds for its erection for the ends of the presses, and other decorations throughout. The marble busts by Roubiliac and others portray 17th and 18th-century members of the college, including Sir Isaac Newton, Richard Bentle y and Sir Edward Coke. The full length marble statue of Lord Byron was carved by Thorvaldsen and originally destined for Westminster Abbey." (Source: Trinity College Wren Library Web Site, )
- 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.