London Image: Atlas Supporting Balcony, Holborn Viaduct

Image description: Sculpted atlas supporting a balcony on his shoulders overlooking Holborn Viaduct, London.

This carved stonework, in Italian Gothic style, ornaments one of four original buildings marking each corner of the Holborn Viaduct and conceived integrally with the bridge's design. It demonstrates well the Victorian joy in embellishing civil architecture and engineering with art and decoration.

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