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Description: | Fenton photographed Hyde Park Corner as part of a series of photographs of public buildings in London, made available for sale to the public. The photograph shows a group of men stood in front of the Hyde Park Screen, designed by Decimus Burton in 1825. The side of Apsley House is visible on the left. Behind the screen, Wellington Arch is visible. The Arch was built between 1826 and 1830 by Burton, and the large statue of Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was placed on top of the arch in 1846. The arch moved to its present location at the entrance to Constitution Hill in 1882, and the statue of Wellington replaced by a bronze quadriga: a chariot drawn by four horses. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | albumen print photograph | Temporal: | c. 1857 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Fenton, Roger (1819-1869) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20127 | Go to resource |
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