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Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs

Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00637

Title: Cambridge. Trinity College, Wren Library

Creator: Gibbons, Grinling

Bio/Origin: Dutch, 1648-1721

Role: Sculptor

Creator: Thorwaldsen, Bertel

Bio/Origin: Danish, 1770-1844

Role: Sculptor

Creator: Wren, Christopher, Sir

Bio/Origin: English, 1632-1723

Role: Architect

Notes: "The Wren library was completed in 1695 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren...Wren was not only responsible for the design of the fabric of the building, but for the furniture as well. The limewood carvings inside are the work of Grinling Gibbons, who carved royal arms at the North and South ends of the library, arms of major subscribers to the appeal for funds for its erection for the ends of the presses, and other decorations throughout. The marble busts by Roubiliac and others portray 17th and 18th-century members of the college, including Sir Isaac Newton, Richard Bentley and Sir Edward Coke. The full length marble statue of Lord Byron was carved by Thorvaldsen and originally destined for Westminster Abbey." (Source: Trinity College Wren Library Web Site, http://rabbit.trin.cam.ac.uk/~stewart/wrentour.html)

Dates: ca. 1865-ca. 1885?Photograph date

Dates: 1695?Building Date

Classfication: Photographs

Medium: albumen print

Current Site: Europe: United Kingdom; Cambridge

Style: Neo-Classical

Measurement: Image: 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.; 21.9075 x 27.305 cm

Subjects: Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Lord Byron, Libraries, Books, University campuses, Portrait busts, Sculpture, Bookcases, Interiors, Tiled floors, Pilasters, Universities

Provenance: Gift of Andrew Dickson White

Repository: Cornell University Library?A.D. White Photographs?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University