Ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London
The ceilings of the Natural History Museum are a pair of decorated ceilings in the main Central Hall (officially Hintze Hall since 2014) and smaller North Hall of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, unveiled at the building's opening in 1881. They were designed by the museum's architect Alfred Waterhouse and painted by the artist Charles James Lea. The ceiling of the Central Hall consists of 162 panels, 108 of which depict plants considered significant to the history of the museum, to the British Empire or the museum's visitors and the remainder are highly stylised decorative botanical paintings. The ceiling of the smaller North Hall consists of 36 panels, 18 of which depict plants growing in the British Isles. Painted directly onto the plaster of the ceilings, they als
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Ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London
The ceilings of the Natural History Museum are a pair of decorated ceilings in the main Central Hall (officially Hintze Hall since 2014) and smaller North Hall of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, unveiled at the building's opening in 1881. They were designed by the museum's architect Alfred Waterhouse and painted by the artist Charles James Lea. The ceiling of the Central Hall consists of 162 panels, 108 of which depict plants considered significant to the history of the museum, to the British Empire or the museum's visitors and the remainder are highly stylised decorative botanical paintings. The ceiling of the smaller North Hall consists of 36 panels, 18 of which depict plants growing in the British Isles. Painted directly onto the plaster of the ceilings, they als
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Balcony ceiling panels
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Central Hall from the landing
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Lobby ceiling panel
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Nine botanical panels
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Ottelia
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Alfred Waterhouse, June 1876
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Richard Owen, President's Addr ...... e Advancement of Science, 1858
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A northern lobby ceiling depicting birds, insects, butterflies and paterae
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Archaic panel depicting Ottelia and a stylised bird
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Curcuma, Nathaniel Wallich
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Panels from the balcony ceiling, with a lizard, snail, bird and crab
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The great instrument of zoolog ...... mon or fundamental characters.
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The lower panels will have rep ...... be near the apex of the roof.
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The walls and the ceilings are ...... hould, the Beauty of Holiness.
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