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A History of the County of Oxford
… Victory was not begun. Hawksmoor made many designs for an obelisk, but in the end the column, built by Townesend at the …
Old and New London
… steeple as "a master-stroke of absurdity, consisting of an obelisk, crowned with the statue of King George I., and …
A New History of London
… a beautiful lawn of meadow ground, and a grand Gothic obelisk. On the right hand of this walk, a little after …
A New History of London
… having a stone watch house at each corner, and a plain obelisk in the center. After all it has but a dull aspect, … like so many family vaults at the corners; and the naked obelisk that springs from amidst the rank grass, like the sad …
A New History of London
… very considerably, and this, which is the base of an obelisk, supports on each side a dial; From hence arises, as a steeple, a fluted obelisk, which reaches to a great height, diminishing slowly; …
Survey of London
… Church and in the middle of St. George's Circus where the obelisk formerly stood. Between the obelisk and Newington Causeway the surface level sloped down …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inclosed with rough stones in the form of a pyramid or obelisk, and which bears the name of "King Richard's Well:" …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… of cherub placing wreath round urn, against a grey marble obelisk background, signed 'J. Bacon, R.A. Sculptor 1796' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… opening in each face and a spire in the form of an obelisk with four ball-ornaments at the base and a ball and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… wife of Giles Roberts, 1810, and Phoebe their daughter, obelisk with ball finial on pedestal-base with steps, one face of the obelisk with a shield-of-arms and the panelled faces of the …