5184 x 3456 px | 43,9 x 29,3 cm | 17,3 x 11,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
14 ottobre 2012
Ubicazione:
The Mall, London, England, UK.
Altre informazioni:
The Canada Gate, an entrance to the Green Park central London. The gates were presented by Canada as part of the memorial scheme dedicated to Queen Victoria. The Canada Gate was commissioned, in 1905. The commission was won by the Bromsgrove Guild (a company of modern artists and designers associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement) who completed the work and had the gate in situ by 1911. The gate is in the same style as those of Buckingham Palace and bears the emblems of the seven Canadian provinces of the time. In design, the Canada gate takes the form of a screen consisting of 5 portals of gilded wrought iron, the central section being the principal and largest gate; the double gates are supported on columns of iron. The two wrought iron bays flanking the central gate contain smaller gates, while the two terminating bays contain smaller pedestrian gates. The screen is terminated by two massive pillars of Portland stone surmounted by patriotic statuary. The flanking inner columns are smaller and, like the iron posts, are crowned by gas lanterns of similar design to those on the pillars of the palace railings.