1890 : Buildings for The Metropolitan Life Assurance Society. Messrs. Aston Webb and E. Ingress Bell, Architects. An original page from The Builder. An Illustrated Weekly Magazine, for the Architect, Engineer, Archaeologist, Constructor, & Art-Lover.
London: The Builder, 1890. Unframed Print. A double sheet print, image area approx. 30 x 34 cms. A commercial headquarters with classical massing and urban prominence, reflecting Victorian financial architecture. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News..... More
