 | sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...fleet at a distance approaches in full sail. The pavilions at each end are decorated with the arms of Ireland beautifully executed. Allegorical heads...twenty-five feet in height, surmounts the whole, on the top 8 of which is a statue of Hope, resting on he? anchor, sixteen feet high. The north front has a portico... | |
 | Robert L. Wade - United States - 1846 - 448 pages
...is finished in the Doric order, with an entablature, and bold projecting cornice. A superb dome, 120 feet in height, surmounts the whole, on the top of which is a statue of Hope resting on her anchor, 16 feet high. The north front has a portico of four pillars in the centre, but no pediment. The south... | |
 | 1849 - 142 pages
...is finished in the Doric order, with an entablature, and bold projecting cornice. A superb dome, 120 feet in height, surmounts the whole, on the top of which is a statue of Hope, resting on her anchor, 16 feet high. The north front has a portico of four pillars in the centre, but no pediment. The south... | |
 | James Fraser - Ireland - 1854 - 804 pages
...fleet at a distance approaches in full sail. The pavilions at each end are decorated with the arms of Ireland, beautifully executed. Allegorical heads...of which is a statue of Hope resting on her anchor, 16 feet high. The north front has a portico of four pillars in the centre, but no pediment. On the... | |
 | Frederick H. Mares - Dublin (Ireland) - 1867 - 100 pages
...fleet at a distance approaches in full sail. The pavilions at each end are decorated with the arms of Ireland, beautifully executed. Allegorical heads...represent the different rivers of Ireland. A superb dome, 125 feet in height, surmounts the whole, on the top of which is a statue of Hope resting on her anchor,... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1835 - 440 pages
...LK'ric order, with an entablature, and bold projecting cornice. A superb dome, one hundred and twenty feet in height, surmounts the whole, on the top of...resting on her anchor, sixteen feet high. The north Iront lias a portico of four pillars in the centre, but no pediment. The south (rout is entirely of... | |
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... of the pediment, in alto-relievo, is represented the friendly union of England and Ireland. They are seated on a car of shell : Neptune with his trident driving away Famine and Despair, while a fleet at a distance approaches in full sail. The pavilions... 