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Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs

Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00834

Title: Oxford. Exeter College Chapel (East end)

Creator: Scott, George Gilbert, Sir

Bio/Origin: English, 1811-1878

Role: Architect

Notes: Exeter College's "17th-century chapel was demolished in 1856 to make way for one designed by George Gilbert Scott, which he loosely modelled on the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Far too big for its surroundings, the new chapel is a typical and enjoyable piece of high Victorian self-confidence. The memorable interior is lavishly decorated with mosaic, brass and wrought iron. Its fittings include stalls by Bodley, a stone screen and organ gallery, and a large William Morris tapestry, The Adoration of the Kings, designed by Burne-Jones. Morris and Burne-Jones became undergraduates at Exeter in 1853, both intending to enter the Church; but inspired by Ruskin, Rossetti and the medieval splendours of Oxford they rejected conventional careers and dedicated themselves to art." Source: Oxford Tour site, http://193.123.31.186/exeter.html

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

Dates: 1856?Building Date

Classfication: Photographs

Medium: albumen print

Current Site: Europe: United Kingdom; Oxford

Style: Victorian

Measurement: Image: 11 x 8 1/2 in.; 27.94 x 21.59 cm

Subjects: Oxford University, Oxford, England, University campuses, Chapels, Religious interiors, Choirs, Pews, Eagles, Birds, Altars, Chandeliers, Wrought iron, Fonts (Religious building fixtures), Stained glass, Ribbed vaults, Mosaics, Benches, Universities, Exeter College, Oxford, England

Provenance: Gift of Andrew Dickson White

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