South view of St Mary Overy of Southwark
Item
Description
St Mary Overy church, now known as Southwark Cathedral, as viewed from the south.
The church which would become St. Marie Overie, also known as Southwark cathedral, was consecrated in 604 by a Bishop of Rochester known as Paulinus. On July 10th 1212 the cathedral burned down in a fire which also damaged the first London Bridge. It was rebuilt and it is this Church which was depicted by Hollar in 1661 as no major renovations which would change the view of the cathedral building as seen in this etching.
The church which would become St. Marie Overie, also known as Southwark cathedral, was consecrated in 604 by a Bishop of Rochester known as Paulinus. On July 10th 1212 the cathedral burned down in a fire which also damaged the first London Bridge. It was rebuilt and it is this Church which was depicted by Hollar in 1661 as no major renovations which would change the view of the cathedral building as seen in this etching.
Title
South view of St Mary Overy of Southwark
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Date
1661
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
Image: 217x298 cm; Plate: 225x307 cm
Source
William Dugdale, Monasticon, II, (1661).
Notes
940 added in lower right corner probably not by Hollar.
Location
St Mary Overy church
Southwark
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
Upper Left in cartouche: S. MARIAE OVERIE | (olim Conventualis Ecclesiae) | ab Austro prospectus.
Lower Left: W: Hollar delin: et sculp: 1661.
Upper Right: A coat of arms in a decorated cartouche on a pedistal with a dedication by RADVLPHVS SHELDON
Lower Left: W: Hollar delin: et sculp: 1661.
Upper Right: A coat of arms in a decorated cartouche on a pedistal with a dedication by RADVLPHVS SHELDON
Reproductions
R. Wilkinson, Londina illustrata, (1819-1825); the image was slightly reduced for this edition.
Arthur M. Hind, Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century, (1922), 173.
Arthur M. Hind, Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century, (1922), 173.
Subject
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 1033.
C.B. Mortlock and Donald Maxwell, Famous London Churches, (London: Skeffington and Sond LTD), 43-46.
C.B. Mortlock and Donald Maxwell, Famous London Churches, (London: Skeffington and Sond LTD), 43-46.
Cataloguer
Peter Orlowski
Date
1661
Type
Etching
Coverage
Medieval Southwark
image
Still Image
