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There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th
anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. |
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On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote:
There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. Like many paintings the older one exaggerates the cathedrality(?) of the station. Either that or people were only about 4’ tall 150 years ago. Sam -- The entity formerly known as Spit the dummy to reply |
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On 10/01/2021 16:24, Sam Wilson wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote: On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. Like many paintings the older one exaggerates the cathedrality(?) of the station. Either that or people were only about 4’ tall 150 years ago. Very much the former, IIRC it was the Dutch painters who introduced the style to make cathedral interiors look more impressive. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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Sam Wilson wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote: On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. Like many paintings the older one exaggerates the cathedrality(?) of the station. Either that or people were only about 4’ tall 150 years ago. Yes, some of the comments mentioned that. I wonder how platform heights compared then and now? Perhaps they were a bit lower then? People may indeed have been slightly shorter then, but the artist certainly seems to have used some licence to make the station look less claustrophobic. He was probably commissioned by the Metropolitan and duly flattered his customer's product. |
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Sam Wilson wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote: On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. Like many paintings the older one exaggerates the cathedrality(?) of the station. Either that or people were only about 4’ tall 150 years ago. The average height of a British soldier in the Great War was 5 ft 5 in, and the average weight was 8 stones. People were considerably smaller in those days. -- Jeremy Double |
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On 10 Jan 2021 16:44:34 GMT
Jeremy Double wrote: Sam Wilson wrote: Graeme Wall wrote: On 10/01/2021 10:36, Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. Nice comparison of pictures. Like many paintings the older one exaggerates the cathedrality(?) of the station. Either that or people were only about 4’ tall 150 years ago. The average height of a British soldier in the Great War was 5 ft 5 in, and the average weight was 8 stones. People were considerably smaller in those days. Isn't that mainly because of the lousy nutrition the working class who made up most of the soldiers suffered from? I imagine the commissioned officers and upper classes in general were probably healthier and taller. |
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Recliner wrote:
There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. The artist in the first picture has also made the people smaller, which is evident if you compare the people to the alcoves. Apparently it was a common trick at the time. Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. The artist in the first picture has also made the people smaller, which is evident if you compare the people to the alcoves. Apparently it was a common trick at the time. I’ve made the same point in my reply to Graeme. I remember it being pointed out in a famous painting of, IIRC, the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, though I can’t find the actual painting at the momment. Sam -- The entity formerly known as Spit the dummy to reply |
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Sam Wilson wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Recliner wrote: There's a tweet from Tim this morning reminding us that today is the 157th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, complete with then-and-now pictures of Baker Street station: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1348212174574014464?s=21 At opening, there were broad gauge tracks, but narrow platforms; now, there are visibly wider platforms that take advantage of the narrower tracks. The skill of the presentation of the original 'look' is very apparent. The artist in the first picture has also made the people smaller, which is evident if you compare the people to the alcoves. Apparently it was a common trick at the time. I’ve made the same point in my reply to Graeme. I remember it being pointed out in a famous painting of, IIRC, the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, though I can’t find the actual painting at the momment. Yes, I wrote my reply earlier today but then it unfortunately sat in my outbox until I synced messages again just now! Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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