Brighton: the Queens Road, leading towards the sea with a view of the Eye Infirmary and the Dispensary. Steel engraving.
- Date:
- 1850-1859
- Reference:
- 15661i
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The Eye Infirmary is on the left, at approximately 110 Queen's Road: a two-storey building in the style of an ancient Greek temple with a portico of four Doric columns, entablature and pediment. Beyond, on the left, is the large new Dispensary designed in Jacobethan style by Herbert Williams and built in 1850. The building on the right housed the photographic studio of George Ruff, at 45 Queen's Road. All three buildings have been demolished
Publication/Creation
Brighton (55 Queens Rd) : S.G. Cox
Physical description
1 print : steel engraving, with etching
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View from Queen's Road. Collonnade Inn in a direct line to the sea: The Eye Infirmary & Dispensary on the left. (Distance from the sea 400 yards).
Reference
Wellcome Collection 15661i
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