A PAIR OF COPPER AND BRASS PIER LANTERNS

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THE KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE LANERNS (Lots 21 to 25) These impressive lanterns almost certainly formed part of the 'Gothicisation' by the Norwich born architect William Wilkins (1778-1839) of King's College in 1824-28. Wilkins' competition winning designs were authorised in November 1823, his initial designs had been disapproved of by the College's advising architects Jeffry Wyatt and John Nash. The College archive records the total expenditure at £101,690 14s, Wilkins receiving £4,810. The Hall was completed by the beginning of 1828, the 'Wilkins range', complementing both the Chapel and the Gibbs Building, formed the third side of a court originally envisaged by King Henry VI in 1441. (Allan Doig The Architectural Drawings Collection of King's College, Cambridge Avebury, 1979). Wilkins' Gothic work also comprised Trinity and Corpus Christi Colleges in Cambridge, and country houses including Tregothnan & Dalmeny House. His most famous work, the National Gallery, was completed in 1838.

A PAIR OF COPPER AND BRASS PIER LANTERNS

CIRCA 1824/28

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A PAIR OF COPPER AND BRASS PIER LANTERNS
CIRCA 1824/28
In the Gothic manner, of octagonal outline with quatrefoil fretwork banding and crocketed terminals, later splayed feet
44½in. (113cm.) high; 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide (2)

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King's College, Cambridge

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