Thursday 18 June 2015

St Pancras Church / Caryatids

Architects: William & Henry Inwood, 1822, in Greek Revival style using Portland stone. Showing the south group of Caryatids, based on those of the Erechtheion, made by John Rossi (formerly a modeller at Coade's Manufactury). Grade I listed. London Borough of Camden. 
Erechtheion / Caryatids

Architect: poss. Mnesikles, Mason/Sculptor: Phidias, built 421-406 BC in Pentelic marble. Situated on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. 
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)