Stone carvers and construction workers in front of University College.
Date
1858
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Charles Emil Zollikofer, the young master sculptor, is said to be the bareheaded man in line with the portal. The top-hatted gentlemen are thought to be the architects: Storm on left posing, with foot on stone; Cumberland to the far right.
Title
University College, construction showing Round Room completed.
Date
[ca. 1857]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Croft Chapter House, University College.
Title
University College under construction
Date
1858
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w
Description
Image shows the completed Chemistry Laboratory (then being used as the architects' office), with the west end of the south wing being roofed. The photographers were Armstrong, Beere & Hime.
Title
University College, progress picture showing Croft Chapter House in foreground
Date
1857
Extent and medium
1 copyprint: b&w ; 19 x 14 cm
Title
Construction of the east wing of University College, ca 1858.
Date
[ca. 1858]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: sepia
Title
University College's east wing under construction.
Date
[ca. 1857]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Title
Quadrangle of University College under construction
Date
1858
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This view of the south side of the quadrangle, taken in the summer of 1858, show the rafters to the museum partially in place.
Title
South front, University College under construction
Date
1858
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
South front, University College under construction. Image shows the front side of the south wing east of the central tower in the summer of 1858.
Title
Construction of University College: group of carvers in front of the architect's office at the west end of the south wing.
Date
[ca. 1857]
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
In the centre of the group, bareheaded, is Zolikeffer, the master sculptor, who was brought with his assistants from Germany to do the work. The carvings are some of the enrichments of the convocation stairway.