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| VIEW IN ST. PATRICKS, DUBLIN. -It has been the complaint of some writers, notably the English traveller, Thomas Cromwell, whose "Excursions Through Ireland" were published in 1820, that many of the statues and other memorials in St. Patrick's Cathedral were inconsequential and some of them poorly executed. Nearly eighty years have passed away since that criticism was written, and St. Patrick's has been renovated and restored by the bounty of the late Benjamin Lee Guinness. With prosperity, art would seem to have revived and now, could Thomas Cromwell "revisit the pale glimpses of the moon," he would find much improvement in both the architecture and the monumental display of the Cathedral. The view presented in the sketch gives a good general idea of the interior arrangement of the building, and displays the statuary and entablatures quite naturally. St. Patrick's is a gloomy church, heavily pillared, but with a beautiful choir and stained glass windows of exquisite design. Because the renovating architect sought to follow, as closely as possible, the original design, many of the features of the 12th century style are faithfully reproduced. |
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