Description

Pennell's notes suggest the subject of Whistler's drawing was a building with pillars, and possibly a dome, in the classical style. There are two extant drawings answering that description (see St Paul's [M.1018]) but neither could date from the late 1870s.

Site

Brompton Oratory, Kensington, London. In April 1879 the Duke of Norfolk gave money for the establishment of the new Brompton Oratory in Kensington. H. Gribble designed the High Victorian Baroque building that resulted.