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Description: | Frontispiece to Camden Place, formerly home of Napleon III and Princess Eugenie and their son the Prince Imperial. Sculptures and reliefs on east front of building. In the centre of east front is a projecting bay the whole height of the building, with the entrance door in it. There is an arched pediment at the top containing a cartouche supported by animals, and a clock sculpture beneath it depicting Time. Above the door is a window, and on either side of the door is a bracket supporting a small balcony round the window. The brackets have the sculpture of a head at the base. In the centre of the pediment, a quartered rounded shield: in top left and bottom right quarters a fleur-de-lys; in top right and bottom left quarters, three lions, two at top, one at bottom. On a scroll beneath is the motto. On left side of shield is a rampant lion, facing away from shield, cut off at the middle on a small shelf. On the right is another animal, possibly a dog, coming out of flames. Beneath pediment is a projecting cornice over a central panel comprising a clock with two figures over it: on the left is an old man with a wing?, naked except for a drape; on the right is a young boy, also naked and draped, with a small owl beneath his feet. There is a drape in the background, and a laurel wreath around the clock. All in high relief. The heads at base of brackets on either side of door are two classical figures wearing wreaths, the left one laurel, the right one oak leave. Both have beards and moustaches have different expressions. There are cylindrical pattern ends to the bracket scrolls on top of their heads. Above the central windows of the two projecting wings on east façade, are rectangular panels showing a dog's head facing towards the centre, in a circle with swags beneath of fruit, looped through two loops. These are in a more yellow stone than the central reliefs. A tablet set into the wall to the left of front door records the residence of members of the French imperial family in the house. Additional Information: Time | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6991... | Go to resource |
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