Female Caryatids, 44 Old Bond street, London W1. 1906. Architects: Archer & Green. [Click on the photographs to enlarge them.]
Left two: Caryatids. Right: Angel face with wings and a shield bearing the legend “Glyne House 1906.” Pevsner points out that this building is not quite the ordinary thing of its date: 1906. Lush nude caryatids, applied Ionic colonade, and c17-style carving."
Photograph and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow. You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one. [Want to take a tour of architectural sculpture?]
Bibliography
Bradley, Simon and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 6: Westminster. London: Penguin Books, 2003.
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