2009
SE0925 : Britannia, Somerset House, Rawson Street, Halifax
taken 15 years ago, near to Halifax, Calderdale, England

Britannia, Somerset House, Rawson Street, Halifax
The plasterwork in this room, the Grand Salon, was carved by Giuseppe Cortese. It is said that it took him ten years to complete, at a cost equivalent to £200,000 in today's money. Britannia is a protrait of Mrs Royds, the owner's wife.