Two Temple Place - Santa Maria Weather Vane IMG_0459
A shining beacon in the sunlight outside 2 Temple Place. This represents the Santa Maria caraval, Columbus's flagship and it was made by J Starkie Gardner. There are similar ships atop the posts at the bottom of the entrance steps to two Temple Place, William Waldorf Astor's former London home, and temple to his love of literature.
There are a number of similar weather-vanes dotted around the skylines of London - often on buildings by the Thames or connected with the Admiralty or merchants. I always think of the Nef at the V&A also.
Two Temple Place is London’s first venue to specifically showcase publicly-owned art from UK regional collections. The building is one of London's hidden architectural gems, an extraordinary late Victorian mansion built by William Waldorf Astor on Embankment.
The inaugural show is in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow - we visited it yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fiona MacCarthy, respected biographer of William Morris and author of the recently-published book "The Last Pre-Raphaelite - Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination' gave an evening lecture there a few days ago.
Two Temple Place - Santa Maria Weather Vane IMG_0459
A shining beacon in the sunlight outside 2 Temple Place. This represents the Santa Maria caraval, Columbus's flagship and it was made by J Starkie Gardner. There are similar ships atop the posts at the bottom of the entrance steps to two Temple Place, William Waldorf Astor's former London home, and temple to his love of literature.
There are a number of similar weather-vanes dotted around the skylines of London - often on buildings by the Thames or connected with the Admiralty or merchants. I always think of the Nef at the V&A also.
Two Temple Place is London’s first venue to specifically showcase publicly-owned art from UK regional collections. The building is one of London's hidden architectural gems, an extraordinary late Victorian mansion built by William Waldorf Astor on Embankment.
The inaugural show is in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow - we visited it yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fiona MacCarthy, respected biographer of William Morris and author of the recently-published book "The Last Pre-Raphaelite - Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination' gave an evening lecture there a few days ago.