Christopher Gallery

St Pauls Cathedral - Section through Wrens Dome

A section drawing through the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, the architectural masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren. The inner brick dome stands 218 ft from the floor of the cathedral, with the top of the stone lantern pinnacle rising a further 100 feet into the London air. An internal brick cone supports the outer dome and the stone lantern

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan

Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement. He was a major contributor to the allied Anglo-Japanese branch of the Movement, which makes this photograph all the more fascinating. In four months during 1876 and1877, Dresser travelled about extensively in Japan, recording his impressions in his work Japan, its Architecture, Art and Art-Manufactures'. Date: circa 1877

© Mary Evans Picture Library/The Annabel Watts Collection

Christopher Columbus on Hispaniola

Christopher Columbus firing the cannon for the Taino chieftain or cacique Guacanagar??x on Hispaniola 4, Columbus attacking the Native American army on Hispaniola 5, and natives alarmed at the sight of Bartholomew Columbus's quill pen and ink 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor's Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1821

© Florilegius