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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION
VOL. XIII. NO. 360.] SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1829. [PRICE 2d.
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Grand Entrance to Hyde Park.
[Illustration: _Frieze_.]
GRAND ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARK.
The great Lord Burleigh says, "A realm gaineth more by one year's peace
than by ten years' war;" and the architectural triumphs which are rising
in every quarter of the metropolis are strong confirmation of this
maxim.
One of these triumphs is represented in the annexed engraving, viz. the
grand entrance to Hyde Park, erected from the designs of Decimus Burton,
Esq. It consists of a screen of handsome fluted Ionic columns, with
three carriage entrance archways, two foot entrances, a lodge, &c. The
extent of the whole frontage is about 107 feet. The central entrance
has a bold projection: the entablature is supported by four columns;
and the volutes of the capitals of the outside column on each side
of the gateway are formed in an angular direction, so as to exhibit two
complete faces to view. The two side gateways, in their elevations,
present two insulated Ionic columns, flanked by antae.
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