Pplan of the crypt of St. Paul's cathedral with St Faith parish church
Item
Description
The plan of the crypt of St Paul's cathedral, also known as St Faiths. Sixteen tombs numbered on the plan can be seen.
Title
Pplan of the crypt of St. Paul's cathedral with St Faith parish church
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Date
1657
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
Image: 198x297 cm; Plate: 201x302 cm
Original Publication
William Dugdale, The History of St Paul’s Cathedral (1658), ii, from end of 1716.
Source
William Dugdale, The History of St Paul’s Cathedral (1658), ii, from end of 1716.
Notes
The date is unreliable as the last figure seems to be a 1 or a two changed to a 7. The 114 inscription was later replaced by the number 116 for the second edition.
Location
St Paul's cathedral
St Faith parish
Period
eng
Early modern (late 16th-17th century)
Image Category
eng
Print
Image Source URL
Image Publisher
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Image Right Holder
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Inscriptions
Left: two decorated cartouches joined by a robbon, the upper one containing a coat of arms and the lower one a dedication by 'GVIL: BACKHOVSE'
Lower Left: 114
Lower Left: 114
Reproductions
Arthur M. Hind, Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century, (1922). 181.
Subject
eng
Cathedral
Bibliographic Citation
Pennington, R. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslas Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010); item number 1029.
Cataloguer
Peter Orlowski
Coverage
Medieval London
Type
Etching
image
Still Image
