Galileo, Goethe and La Place, c1870. Creator: Dennis Gilbert.

Galileo, Goethe and La Place, c1870. Creator: Dennis Gilbert.

3-095-897 - "Royal Academy of Arts, London/photographer: Dennis Gilbert"/Heritage Images

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Galileo, Goethe and La Place, c1870. Sculptures of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and French polymath Pierre-Simon Laplace, by Edward William Wyon. There are 22 sculptures on the façade of 6 Burlington Gardens, an Italianate Grade II*-listed building in Mayfair, designed by Sir James Pennethorne between 1867 and 1870 as headquarters for the University of London. It is currently used by the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Creator
  1. Dennis Gilbert, attributed to: British: architectural photographerSearch Wikipedia for Dennis Gilbert
Subject
  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: German: Artist, author, draughtsmanSearch Wikipedia for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Galileo Galilei: Italian: Astronomer, author, physicistSearch Wikipedia for Galileo Galilei
  3. Pierre Simon Laplace: French: astronomer, mathematicianSearch Wikipedia for Pierre Simon Laplace
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  1. Edward William Wyon: British, English: Artist, sculptorSearch Wikipedia for Edward William Wyon
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  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
  2. Sculpture
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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of Westminster Westminster

  1. 51 29 09 N , 000 08 01 W
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