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Description: | View of Eton College near Windsor (on the Buckinghamshire side of the River in the 18th century. It shows a gatehouse range and the side of the College Chapel, one of the most impressive buildings of the college. It was begun by Henry VI in 1441 but rebuilt between 1449 to 1461 and from 1469 to 1475 on a larger scale. It was be compared with other great Royal Chapels built in the same period such as King's College Chapel at Cambridge, St George's Chapel at Windsor and Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. The rest of Eton College's buildings were ranges of varying ages built around quadrangles. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Reeve | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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