Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Rockefeller Center; British Empire Building

Accession Number: 
136661
Order Title: 
Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
50th Street entrance, "Arms of England" by Lee Lawrie, 1933
Date of View: 
6/1/1994
Image description: 
The three passant-gardant lions worn on the shield of Richard Coeur de Lion, sixth king of England. Polychrome and gilding on limestone intaglio relief. At the bottom over the door are stylized Tudor roses.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Archivision Base Collection
Culture: 
American
Related Work Title: 
Rockefeller Center; partOf
Preferred Title: 
Rockefeller Center; British Empire Building
Agent Display: 
Carl Paul Jennewein (American sculptor, 1890-1978); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
Alternate Title: 
The British Empire Building
Locations: 
New York, New York, United States
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Twentieth century
Style/Period: 
Art Deco
Classification: 
Architecture