St Mary le Bow, church in the City of London, by Christopher Wren, 1670s arched doorway

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St Mary le Bow, church in the City of Londoon, rebuilt after the Great Fire of London (1666) by Christopher Wren, 1670-1680. Based on an engraving by Francois Mansart for the Hotel de Conti in Paris. Within a rusticated surround, two cherubs sit either side of an oval window draped with garlands of flowers. Cherub on the right is singing from a music book, accompanied on teh lyre by the cherub on the left. Below this is a Doric entablature with more cherubs in the metopes, the spaces between the grooved triglyphs.

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Size: 4869px × 4133px
Photo credit: © Angelo Hornak / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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