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Frederick H. Evans, photo by Gertrude Käsebier. Frederick H. Evans (26 June 1853 – 24 June 1943) was an English photographer, best known for his images of architectural subjects, such as English and French cathedrals.
A Sea of Steps: 1903 Frederick H. Evans: Wells Cathedral, England, United Kingdom Large Format: One of Evans's finest works in architectural photography. [s 1] First Flight: 17 December 1903 John T. Daniels: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, United States Glass plate
"Scissors" strainer arch arrangement in Wells Cathedral includes an inverted arch at the bottom of the upper opening. A strainer arch (also straining arch [1]) is an internal structural arch built to relieve the inward pressure [2] off the spanned vertical supports (providing a "buttress", thus also called buttressing arches [citation needed]), usually as an afterthought to prevent the ...
Wells Cathedral School, which was established to educate these choirboys, dates its foundation to this point. [21] There is, however, some controversy over this. Following the Norman Conquest, John de Villula moved the seat of the bishop from Wells to Bath in 1090. [22] The church at Wells, no longer a cathedral, had a college of secular clergy ...
St. Nicholas Cathedral (Chicago) This page was last edited on 19 January 2017, at 15:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
William Joy was a colleague of the master mason Thomas Witney, and took over his work at Wells Cathedral in 1329. Joy extended the choir and retrochoir [ 3 ] and designed the choir vault. [ 4 ] Joy built the scissor arches to prevent the central tower from collapse when cracks appeared in the tower after its height was extended in the 14th ...
Des Plaines (Chicago area) Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral ( Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ) 42°01′11″N 87°53′44″W / 42.019791°N 87.895559°W / 42.019791; -87.895559 ( Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral, Des Plaines,
Promoted File:Wells Cathedral Nave 1, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus 15:46, 6 August 2014 (UTC) Promoted File:Wells Cathedral Stairs to Chapter House, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus 15:46, 6 August 2014 (UTC) Promoted File:Wells Cathedral Chapter House, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg--Armbrust The Homunculus ...