RepositoryArchives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref NoAAW/DOW/PAR/1/2/6
TitleArchitectural and Event Photographs
Daten.d.
LevelFile
Description24 black and white photographs of varying size showing the following:

Detail view of lunette and turret,

Oblique aerial view of the Cathedral taken from the South East, Aerofilms Ltd, neg number A22156,

Oblique aerial view of Westminster Cathedral and environs with Buckingham Palace evident in the background,

Exterior rear view showing choir, sacristy, turrets and campanile,

Artist's impression of the forecourt piazza on completion,

Interior view of The Holy Souls Chapel by Valentine and Sons of Dundee,

Detail of the High Altar and Baldacchino taken during the Requiem Benediction for Queen Mary [31 March 1953],

Interior showing nave, aisles, piers and arcading, Courtauld Institute of Art, negative number B65/497

Detail of High Altar, Baldacchino and Rood,

Exterior detail of the Great West Door [main entrance-West elevation] showing Episcopal Entrance, lateral doorways, dedicatory inscription, inter-columnar medallions and central mosaic. Photograph shows members of the congregation leaving the Cathedral after Mass and a snowfall. A Ford Anglia 105E motorcar is evident in the foreground. [Photograph likely to have been taken circa 1962],

The Papal Flag at half mast on the North elevation following the death of Pius XII [Eugenio Pacelli] on 9 Octobet 1958. Sport and General Press Agency, Fleet Street, London EC1,

Artistic view of campanile viewed through safety netting of an adjoining building project,

Interior photographs showing the congregation in the nave x2. David Ian Photographic Service, Enfield,

The Cathedral and Piazza. Keystone Press Agency Ltd, Holbourn Viaduct,

The Red Mass at Westminster Cathedral, arrivals x2 photographs, Keystone Press Agency, Holbourn Viaduct.
FormatPhotograph
LanguageEnglish

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