Eagle Victrix Fireplace
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| Exterior width | 1822 mm (71 ¾") |
| Exterior height | 1594 mm (62 ¾") |
| Interior width | 1349 mm (53 ⅛") |
| Interior height | 1175 mm (46 ¼") |
| Jamb width* | 1632 mm (64 ¼") |
* the outer width, taken across the legs
Eagle Victrix Georgian Fireplace
Price of chimneypiece: £34000 + vat
Based on the 'mighty fowl' from excavations at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, which Horace Walpole bought for his 'Gothick' villa of Strawberry Hill. Sir William Hamilton had a similar one.
As a symbol of the new republic it became an instant hit in the United States, where a variant by Robert Wellford of Philadephia is preserved in the Winterhur Musem, Delaware. The eagle also featured as a heraldic device for various families, such as the Munroes and the Grahams, and was frequently celebrated in architecture.
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