Victorian scale model of the Temple of Solomon
UK: THE prophet Ezekiel may not have recognised this Victorian model from the original which he was told to build by a shining man “upon a very high mountain” 3000 years ago, but no matter – this scale version of Solomon’s Temple stands alone as a unique creation in the public spirit.
It was commissioned by Thomas Newberry, editor of the Englishman’s Bible (1870) and well-travelled p…