Glasgow City Chambers
Young, William
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Alternative Title
City Chambers
Date
1882-1889Description
Detail, central tower rising behind the Jubilee Pediment (by Ewing); Young’s winning competition design for the enormous City Chambers, George Square, was erected between 1882 and 1889. Inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889. Based on 16th-century Italian prototypes, with a tall central tower and opulent interiors, it proved highly influential in the emerging Baroque Revival. The exterior sculpture, by James Alexander Ewing, included the central Jubilee Pediment as its centrepiece (celebrating Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/7/2012)
Type of Work
city hall; banquet hallSubject
architecture, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, city government, revival styles, Baroque Revival, Nineteenth century, Beaux-Arts
Rights
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