Atlas with Globe, by Thomas Tyrrell FRBS (c.1857-1929) for Farmer and Brindley. Entrance to Barclay’s Bank, the former Atlas with Globe Assurance building, on the east side of King Street, immediately north of the junction with Cheapside, London. 1895-96. 2.3m high. [Click on images for larger pictures.]
Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
“Thomas Tyrrell FRBS.” Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Web. 2 June 2011.
Ward-Jackson, Philip. Public Sculpture of the City of London. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2003.
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