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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 278, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
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Waterloo monument will be erected: it is to consist of a triumphal
arch, somewhat resembling that of Constantine, at Rome, with national
emblems, trophies, &c., and colossal statues in the above metal,
imitating bronze.

The _south_ front, towards Pimlico, will form the general entrance to
the palace, a concave circular Ionic colonnade and lodges. Here the
old octagon library of Buckingham-House is to remain, when raised and
embellished after the manner of the Temple of the Winds: the remainder
of this range is chiefly allotted to the domestic offices.

The _west_, or garden front, (of course, the back of the centre
building of the quadrangle) is strikingly picturesque; its impression
on the beholder is altogether beautiful and pleasing, and it is much
to be regretted that the front or park view, (which will of course be
exposed to public view, while the garden front will be comparatively
private,) does not partake more largely of this character. The _prima
facies_ of the former is not likely to be admired, since its few
excellencies require to be selected by nice observation. Some of its
details may delight the artist, but the effect of the garden front
will, on the most hasty observer, be that of order and simplicity, the
essentials of architectural perfection.

The centre of the garden front is circular, embellished with columns
of the Corinthian order, supporting the dome already alluded to. The
upper story of the whole front is Corinthian, supported on a rustic
Ionic basement, and, says a contemporary, "though the latter, like the
Doric basement in front, has only an architrave cornice, yet in
consequence of the parts omitted being of little importance, and the
character of the Ionic more nearly allied, in point of delicacy, to
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