Unexecuted design for the Crimea Memorial Church, Istanbul: presentation watercolour of west front as in competition design
Architect/Designer | Burges, William (1827-1881) |
Artist/Photographer | Haig, Axel Herman (1835-1921) |
Country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Subject Date | 1856 |
Image Date | 1851 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Byzantine Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SB30/BURG[11]6 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Churches ; Decorative stonework ; Markets ; Street scenes |
NOTES: Burges won the competition of 1856, later preparing 5 sets of designs between 1856 and 1863 for a church of ever diminishing size. Despite submitting the winning entry, Burges' modified designs for the church were rejected and he was replaced as architect by George Edmund Street.
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