Montage entitled 'The Most Famous Buildings in the World', showing a variety of well-known architectural landmarks from across the globe
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA31368 |
| Artist/Photographer | Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863)
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| Image Date | 1880 |
| View | Exterior |
| Medium | Print |
| Library Reference | 1995.15 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
SOURCE: The Boy's Own Paper, (London, 1880s).
NOTES:
This image is based on an earlier drawing by Charles Robert Cockerell entitled 'The Professor's Dream' (1848) (see RIBA95743) and includes many of the same buildings with a number of additions. Buildings depicted here include St Peter's Basilica, the Taj Mahal, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, Bramante's Tempietto,The Pantheon, Pyramids, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Crystal Palace, Victoria and Albert Museum, Arc de Triomphe and a wide variety of temples, obelisks, columns, spires and domes.
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Subject tags
towers, belfries, bell towers, churches, arches, pagodas, cathedrals, domes, columns, temples, pyramids, monuments, abbeys, mausoleums, triumphal arches, obelisks