File:Leeds Town Hall (22).JPG

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(3,000 × 4,000 pixels, file size: 4.94 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, built 1853-1858. The tympanum of the front door was sculpted by Thomas of London. The exterior of the building has a number of architectural carvings by Robert and Catherine Mawer, although Catherine was credited with the work by 1858. The heads were described as masks in the 1850s, but some of them represent various ancient Greek mythological characters, and are also portraits of contemporary people.

This is a portrait of Robert Mawer, by Catherine Mawer. Normally the Mawer Group used to crown the architect, but Cuthbert Brodrick was sculpted as the Smyrna Zeus, which does not have a crown. Robert Mawer's work on this building is some of his best, and he died before he could finish, so the crown is a sign of appreciation.
Date
Source Own work
Author Storye book

Licensing

[edit]
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:23, 27 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 20:23, 27 November 20163,000 × 4,000 (4.94 MB)Storye book (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, built 1853-1858. The tympanum of the front door was sculpted by Thomas of London. The exterior of the building has a number of a...

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata