Frieze along the Grand Staircase. Foreign Office, Whitehall. Sir George Gilbert Scott. 1861-68. The dome above the three-storey high Grand Staircase is "decorated by female figures representing countries which had diplomatic relations with Great Britain in the 1860s. The dome and the stencilled walls and ceilings were also the work of Clayton and Bell" (9). [For an image of the grand Staircase from 1868, see the answers.com.]
Photograph and text 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee. You may use this image 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.
Source
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office: History, supplied by the Office on London's Open Day, 17 September 2006.
Last modified 28 October 2006