. Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of highly-finished engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions of such objects in the metropolis and the surrounding country as are most remarkable for antiquity, architectural grandeur, or picturesque beauty. thepavement, the very ancient tombstones of Vitalis, Gislebertus Crispinus, Ger-vasius de Blois, and Laurentius, all abbots of this church ; three of which,having figures over them, may be seen engraved in Darts History of the Abbey,and Mr. Coughs Sepulchral Monuments
. Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of highly-finished engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions of such objects in the metropolis and the surrounding country as are most remarkable for antiquity, architectural grandeur, or picturesque beauty. thepavement, the very ancient tombstones of Vitalis, Gislebertus Crispinus, Ger-vasius de Blois, and Laurentius, all abbots of this church ; three of which,having figures over them, may be seen engraved in Darts History of the Abbey,and Mr. Coughs Sepulchral Monuments. The north and west sides of the great cloister have nothing particularlyremarkable ; but the eastern side well merits attention on account of the beau-tiful arched entrance to the chapter-house with which it is adorned. Every partof this magnificent portal is exquisitely carved and gilt, and so enriched by orna- (a) Sec Plate. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ment, that its beauties are only to be described by the pencil. The Chapter-house is an octagon, and much modernized. The stone roof is destroyed, andone of plank substituted. The opening into this room is however extremelynoble, and the central pillars remain, light, slender, and elegant, surrounded byeight others, bound by two equidistant fasciae, and terminated in capitals of. ( [•> tlu Chafiter-haia H^d-, VOL, II. H H WESTMINSTER ABBEY. beautiful simplicity. It was used for the meetings of the House of Commonsuntil the reign of Edward the Sixth, when St. Stephens Chapel was fitted upfor that purpose. The ancient crypt beneath the Chapter-house is well worthvisiting. HORSE GUARDS AND ADMIRALTY. Having before noticed the Horse Guards and Admiralty in our survey of thecity of Westminster, the notices we have to add as an accompaniment to thepresent plate will necessarily be slight. Both these buildings occupy part of thesite of the vast palace of Whitehall; the Horse Guards, as far as a judgmentcan be formed from old pla
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