The Nave
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Photograph
The Nave
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.3 × 6 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.4 × 6.4 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Shurly C. Hodge
1981.5610.0003
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, on verso, C: YORK'S VIEWS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. \ No. 3 \ THE NAVE. \ This view cannot but fill the mind of every beholder with the awful solemnity of \ the place, caused by the loftiness of the roof, and that noble range of pillars by \ sweep enclosing the chapel of St. Edward in a kind of semicircle. \ The general admeasurements of the interior are from E. to W. 375 feet; breadth \ from N. to S. 200 feet; nave and aisles 75 feet; height from pavement to roof \ 101 feet. \ COPYRIGHT.
