The north side of St Paul's
Item
Description
A view from the north of St Paul's cathedral, showing the new portico on the right and the changes to the nave. Beneath the nave is a 'Scala pedum.'
Title
The north side of St Paul's
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslas
Date
1658
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
Image: 179 X 371 mm; Plate: 200 X 373 mm
Original Publication
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral, p.169. London: Thomas Warren, 1658.
Source
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral, p.169. London: Thomas Warren, 1658.
Notes
In the 1716 edition, some light re-work has been done including the shadow on the tower on the chancel roof.
The original ink drawing completed by Hollar is in the Ashmolean Museum.
The original ink drawing completed by Hollar is in the Ashmolean Museum.
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: Decorated frame with ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS | S. PALVI | A SEPTENTRIONE PROSPECTVS.
Upper left corner: '163' and a decorated cartouche with a coat of arms containing an inscription in memory of archbishop Laud as a restorer of the cathedral by his nephew John Robinson, sheriff.
Lower left corner: W. Hollar delineavit et sculp: Londini, 1656.
Upper left corner: '163' and a decorated cartouche with a coat of arms containing an inscription in memory of archbishop Laud as a restorer of the cathedral by his nephew John Robinson, sheriff.
Lower left corner: W. Hollar delineavit et sculp: Londini, 1656.
Reproductions
Hind, Arthur M. Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century. London: Bodley Head, 1922, p. 185, plate XXXVI
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. 1019
Cataloguer
Ashlinn Casey
Coverage
Medieval London
Type
Etching
image
Still Image
