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

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Each ward had 36 veterans sleeping in old oak cubicles with little curtains that could be drawn across, measuring 9 foot by 9, with no windows and sharing four toilets and two wash rooms on each floor. Date: 1902

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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