Marble Arch
London
Image and text scanned by Nathalie Chevalier.
A triumphal Arch in the style of the Arch of Constantine, originally erected by George IV. at the entrance to Buckingham Palace at a cost of £80,000. In 1850 it was removed from the Palace, and in the following year was re-erected in its present position. The elegant bronze Gates well deserve inspection. [text accompaying photograph]
The volume containing these images by an unidentified photographer bears the imprint "With H. and C. F. Feist's compliments" but no name, date, or place of publication, though the Feists were dealers in port wine, and Plate 30 demonstrates that the photograph must have been taken after 1902, and John R. Mendel offers evidence that it dates before mid-1906 [GPL].
Last modified 7 November 2003