The original Picture of London (1826) (14777472522)

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Title: The original Picture of London

Year: 1826 (1820s)

Authors: (Feltham, John) (from old catalog) Britton, John, 1771-1857

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Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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CHURCHES IN MARY-LE-BONE, 8cC, 107 pillars, and terminating in a spire. The interior has anarched ceiling, sustained by Ionic pillars. Over the en-trance gate, to the church-yard, is a curious piece ofsculptured basso-relievo of the Resurrection, supposedto have been executed in 1687. St George*s, Bloomsbury (built by Hawksmoor) wasconsecrated in 1731. It has a lofty portico of the Co-rinthian order. On the west side is a steeple, terminatedby a pyramidal step-like spire, which is surmounted by astatue of George I., and has the supporters of the royalarms at the base. Lord Orford styled the whole design a master-piece of absurdity. St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, was erected bysubscription in 1706, as a chapel of ease to St. Andrews,Holborn, and made parochial in 1725. The interior istastefully designed and highly ornamented: the exteriorunderwent a general repair, and was much improved, in1818. Dr. Stukeley, the celebrated antiquary, died rectorof this parish, in 1766. St, Annâ

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