Tower Gallery

Marylebone Town Hall, One of the Most Eminent of Londons New Buildings, c1935

Marylebone Town Hall, One of the Most Eminent of London's New Buildings, c1935. The Town Hall on Marylebone Road in central London opened in 1920. It was designed by Edwin Cooper and built of Portland stone with a Corinthian colonnade. From "Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]

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Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, 1924-1926. Artist: FC Varley

Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, 1924-1926. The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is known locally as the ship of the Fens because of its prominent shape. The building was begun in 1083 by Abbot Simeon. In 1322 the cathedral's Norman crossing tower collapsed. It was replaced by the octagonal lantern tower for which Ely is most famous, which was designed by Alan of Walsingham, the cathedral's sacrist, and completed in 1351. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926

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Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian/Roman goddess, 1702

Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian/Roman goddess, 1702. The goddess Cybele was associated with fertility. She was the wife of Saturn (Kronos) and mother of Jupiter and other principal gods. She is shown wearing her crown of towers

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