The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a design of Schwartz : there is somewhat of grandeur in the whole , which represents the Resurrection ; but the ...
The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a design of Schwartz : there is somewhat of grandeur in the whole , which represents the Resurrection ; but the ...
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The altar window of the Chapel was given by Dr. Radcliffe , the celcbrated physician , of whom there is a statue over the north gate . In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred , James the Second , Queen Mary the ...
The altar window of the Chapel was given by Dr. Radcliffe , the celcbrated physician , of whom there is a statue over the north gate . In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred , James the Second , Queen Mary the ...
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New College is an handsome spacious stone building ; but its principal attraction is the Chapel , which may be indeed said to be the beauty of holiness . The painted glass by Jervaise , after designs by Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the ...
New College is an handsome spacious stone building ; but its principal attraction is the Chapel , which may be indeed said to be the beauty of holiness . The painted glass by Jervaise , after designs by Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the ...
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The altar window of the Chapel was given by Dr. Radcliffe, the celebrated physician, of whom there is a statue over the north gate. In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred, James the Second, Queen Mary the consort ...
The altar window of the Chapel was given by Dr. Radcliffe, the celebrated physician, of whom there is a statue over the north gate. In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred, James the Second, Queen Mary the consort ...
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... is a neat , ancient structure ; and that its interior appearance is of a superior kind will be readily believed , when it is known that it is fitted up with the entire furniture of the chapel at Cannons , the magnificent seat of the ...
... is a neat , ancient structure ; and that its interior appearance is of a superior kind will be readily believed , when it is known that it is fitted up with the entire furniture of the chapel at Cannons , the magnificent seat of the ...
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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