South view of St Catherine's Church of London
Item
Description
St Katharine' of the Tower church as viewed from the south. A small wooden turret is visible at the west end and the lower part of the west window is bricked up.
While this church had held the favor of both King Edward III and King Edward IV, it fell out of favor under Edward VI. Due to this nothing of importance happend in the 70 years before Hollar completed his etching of the Cathedral. The structure and shape of the building as depicted by Hollar remains consistent with that of the Medieval building, although weathered by neglect.
While this church had held the favor of both King Edward III and King Edward IV, it fell out of favor under Edward VI. Due to this nothing of importance happend in the 70 years before Hollar completed his etching of the Cathedral. The structure and shape of the building as depicted by Hollar remains consistent with that of the Medieval building, although weathered by neglect.
Title
South view of St Catherine's Church of London
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 195x289 cm; Plate Dimensions: 198x298 cm
Source
William Dugdale, Monasticon, II, (1661).
Notes
This was the church of a hospital founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of Henry II, in 1273. St Katherine's dock replaced it.
Location
St Katharine's by the Tower hospital
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
Above: Conventualis Ecclesiae Hospitalis Stae CATHERINAE, Iuxta Turrim LONDON: a Meridie prospectus.
Lower Right: 460.
Above Center: A coat of arms with the helm and the crest of a stork.
Upper Right: a tablet with a dedication by GVLIELMVS PETIT.
Lower Right: 460.
Above Center: A coat of arms with the helm and the crest of a stork.
Upper Right: a tablet with a dedication by GVLIELMVS PETIT.
Reproductions
Arthur M. Hind, Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century, (1922), 173.
Subject
eng
Church
eng
Friaries and monasteries
Bibliographic Citation
Pennington, R. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslas Hollar 1607-1677 (Cambridge UP, 2010); item number 1032.
William Page, "Hospitals: St Katharine by the Tower," in A History of the County of London: Volume 1, London Within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark, (London: Victoria County History, 1909), 525-530. British History Online, http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/vch/london/vol1/pp525-530.
William Page, "Hospitals: St Katharine by the Tower," in A History of the County of London: Volume 1, London Within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark, (London: Victoria County History, 1909), 525-530. British History Online, http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/vch/london/vol1/pp525-530.
Cataloguer
Peter Orlowski
Date
1661
