The south side of St Paul's
Item
Description
A view of St Paul's from a more due south point of view. It shows the portico erected by Charles I, and post-medieval changes to the nave. It does not include the spire which was struck by lightening in 1561.
Title
The south side of St Paul's
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslas
Date
1658
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
21.5 x 28.5 cm
Original Publication
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral. London: Thomas Warren, 1658, p. 166.
Source
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral. London: Thomas Warren, 1658, p. 166.
Notes
In the Monasticon version, '162' is erased and '297' is added in bottom left corner, not by Hollar. Some re-work is done, including the re-outlining of finials of buttresses on the east side of south transept. This print does not appear in the 1716 edition of St Paul's.
Location
St Paul's cathedral
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 right corner: Coat of arms in a cartouche decorated with fruit and leaves.
Center top: Olive wreath a dedication by IOH. ROBINSON, sheriff of London and nephew of archbishop Laud, commemorating his uncle's work of restoration.
Upper left corner: ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS | Sti PAVLI. | A MERIDIE PROSPECTVS
'162'
Lower right corner: W. Hollar deli: et sculp:
Center top: Olive wreath a dedication by IOH. ROBINSON, sheriff of London and nephew of archbishop Laud, commemorating his uncle's work of restoration.
Upper left corner: ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS | Sti PAVLI. | A MERIDIE PROSPECTVS
'162'
Lower right corner: W. Hollar deli: et sculp:
Reproductions
Dugdale, William. Monasticon Anglicanum. Vol III. London, 1673.
Hind, Arthur M. Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century. London: Bodley Head, 1922.
Subject
Cathedral
Bibliographic Citation
Pennington, R. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslas Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: University Press, 2010, p.178, no. 1018.
Cataloguer
Ashlinn Casey
Coverage
Medieval London
Type
Etching
image
Still Image
