Ionic capital, British Museum, Bloomsbury, London
Architect/Designer | Smirke, Sir Robert (1780-1867) |
Artist/Photographer | Hope-Fitch, Christopher |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1857 |
Image Date | 2008 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Greek Revival |
Medium | Digital image |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Christopher Hope-Fitch / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Columns ; Orders of architecture ; Museums ; Capitals |
NOTES: There are 44 ionic columns on the Greek Revival facade facing Great Russell Street. They are closely based on those of the temple of Athena Polias at Priene in Asia Minor.
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