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Description: | Colour lithograph . This view of ‘Westminster Abbey, Hospital Etc’ by Thomas Shotter Boys was published in 1842 as part of ‘Original Views of London As It Is’, his most successful volume. The volume included ‘Historical and Descriptive Notices of the Views’, written by the publisher, writer and editor Charles Ollier (1788-1859). Ollier’s text on this image begins:
‘Excepting the range of government offices in the distance, all the objects presented in this view are of Gothic character. The hospital to the left is a new building. Its architect has done wisely in adopting a style congenial with the time-hallowed edifice near which it stands. Westminster Abbey is one of the most interesting buildings in the metropolis. It is the place where the monarchs of England are crowned; and within whose sacred and solemn walls repose the ashes of kings, conquerors, statesmen, philosophers, and poets.’ | Subjects: | horseback tower church windows topography carriage horse street lamp post townscape/cityscape Victorian genre hospital abbey | Temporal: | 1842 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Thomas Shotter Boys | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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