Excerpt from Windsor Castle at Chicago: To Which Is Added the Home of Sunlight Soap From a short communication they have been good enough to make us, we learn that when Messrs. Campbell, smith Co. Prepared to enter upon their task, they were met by difficulties which they state made them nervous about having undertaken it. The two models of their construction already referred to were full-sized repro ductions of the originals, while the model of Windsor Castle is on the scale of g-inch to the foot. On this tiny scale the detail of the buildings seemed almost impossible of reproduction. Many visits to the Royal Borough were necessary, and but for the assistance received from officials of the Castle, who kindly permitted access to such plans and drawings of parts of the Castle as existed, it is doubtful if the architect's and builders' labours would have been so successful. The writer of this article is also under an obligation to the authorities for valuable informa tion and suggestions which have enabled him to make this little sketch of greater interest than otherwise would have been possible.
We are told that when the architect availed himself of the permits granted him to examine plans, etc., at the Castle, he found the only drawings existing were those of the Royal and State Apartments in the Upper Ward, prepared by Sir jeffrey wyattville, r.a., in 1840. Measurements had to be taken of all the other buildings so far as they were within reach. These were supplemented by an extensive series of photographs, specially taken, some from the roofs of houses in proximity to the Castle, while other snap-shots were aimed by the photographers from the roof of a lofty Brewery in the vicinity. While at Windsor, the lot of the photographers and other emissaries of the architect was not a happy one, owing to the jealous eye kept upon their movements, as possible dynamitards or foreign spies, by the sentries and royal police on duty at the Castle. The permits of the operators were frequently called for, and they felt relieved when they were at length able to leave the zealous guardians of the palace to the even tenour of their way. With the aid of the material thus obtained, the cunning hand of the architect educed from comparative chaos correct-scaled drawings, from which the contractors have constructed the beautiful model crowning the exhibit of Messrs. Lever brothers, limited.
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We are told that when the architect availed himself of the permits granted him to examine plans, etc., at the Castle, he found the only drawings existing were those of the Royal and State Apartments in the Upper Ward, prepared by Sir jeffrey wyattville, r.a., in 1840. Measurements had to be taken of all the other buildings so far as they were within reach. These were supplemented by an extensive series of photographs, specially taken, some from the roofs of houses in proximity to the Castle, while other snap-shots were aimed by the photographers from the roof of a lofty Brewery in the vicinity. While at Windsor, the lot of the photographers and other emissaries of the architect was not a happy one, owing to the jealous eye kept upon their movements, as possible dynamitards or foreign spies, by the sentries and royal police on duty at the Castle. The permits of the operators were frequently called for, and they felt relieved when they were at length able to leave the zealous guardians of the palace to the even tenour of their way. With the aid of the material thus obtained, the cunning hand of the architect educed from comparative chaos correct-scaled drawings, from which the contractors have constructed the beautiful model crowning the exhibit of Messrs. Lever brothers, limited.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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