University College Gower Street London 1896 Antique Print

A black & white print from a disbound book published in 1896, with another unrelated picture on the reverse side.

Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30.5cm x 23.5cm.

Actual picture size is approx 9.875" x 7.25" or 25cm x 18cm.

This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show normal signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description.

All prints will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope or large letter size box for protection in transit.

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—On the east side of Gower Street is University College, which was founded by Lord Brougham in the year 1826 for the purpose of affording "literary and scientific education at a moderate expense," divinity being excluded. The foundation of this college was laid on Monday, the 3oth of April, 1827, by H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex; and the architect was Mr. William Wilkins, RA., the designer of the National Gallery. University College comprises a central façade and two wings, and has a total length of about 400ft. In the centre, which looks to the west, is an immense Corinthian portico, formed by twelve columns supporting the pediment and elevated on a lofty plinth, approached by numerous steps effectively arranged. Behind the pediment is a cupola with a lantern light, and in the great hail beneath it are placed on view the original models of the principal works of John Flaxman, the . famous sculptor. On the ground floor are lecture-rooms, cloisters for the exercise of the pupils, two semi-circular theatres, the chemical laboratory, and museum of maleria medica. In the upper floor there are, besides the great hall, museums of natural history and anatomy, two theatres, two libraries, and other college apartments. The principal library is richly decorated in the Italian style, and contains upwards of 68,000 volumes and 16,000 pamphlets, in addition to a fine collection of works on mathematics, physics, and astronomy. The splendidly-fitted laboratory here was completed in 1845 from the plans of Professor Donaldson; but new laboratories were built next the street in 1892-3. There are here about forty professors and 1,600 students, who pay nearly £30,000 in fees.