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Title: Westminster Abbey

Author: Mrs. A. Murray Smith

Release Date: June 4, 2007 [eBook #21672]

Language: English

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

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[Frontispiece: The North Transept]

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THE NORTH TRANSEPT

Here is represented the north front as it appeared before the last
restoration, _i.e._ we see the handiwork of the eighteenth century and
the facade as remodelled under the superintendence of Sir Christopher
Wren. The modern front was constructed about twenty years ago.

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Painted by

JOHN F