WREN'S LONDON CHURCHES
The Wren. Society, ', which, has teen carrying oii its-researches into the life and -work: of- §ir; Christopher Wren, has pioduced-its-ninth-jvolunto in the Wren tercentenary year. • Thisione, dedicated to,the'.'Boyal-Institutebfißritish Architects, proyiiaes a great-d?al of hitherto unpublished, or' inaccessible, information on iWren'stcity-churches. Hardly •a stbn©• 'hasifbeeii',lerVv unturned, or, rather, : ■unphobographed. ■ Mr. • Arthur T. Boitoa,vthe.;cur^tdr of -ihe' Soane Museum, Who {has b"e'e'n.;'inost' active on this research: iinto';Wren's work, says -that several facts>fcave come to light regarding the-, building of St. Pajjl 's. ■ It- is.inow:established that the whole- off the'interior of! the cathedral was originally?painted by Wren's orders,"]tnei painting .being stripped off in the nineteenths century. Moreover, it is evident .that-; Wren.. had ;very little to do with,the - final' finishing -of the1 cathedral. ', Wjren was persona, grata at Court during the imany; reigns which he witnessed, .but onlyuntil ;the accesaion'of Queeii Anne, .when, .finally discouraged by the ignorance .of those in authority andythe;lntrigues'-at-'Court! he- ceased visiting.: the cathedral, in 1711. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1932, Page 5
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159WREN'S LONDON CHURCHES Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1932, Page 5
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