The east end of St Paul's
Item
Description
A perspective view of St Paul's cathedral from a little north of east.
Title
The east end of St Paul's
Creator
Hollar, Wenceslas
Date
1658
Medium
Copper Etching
Dimensions
Image: 186 X 239 mm; Plate: 193 X 245 mm
Original Publication
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral, p.177. London: Thomas Warren, 1658.
Source
Dugdale, William. The History of St Paul’s Cathedral, p.177. London: Thomas Warren, 1658.
Notes
Pennington describes the inscriptions included in original state of the image, which is not published in Dugdale's 1658 publication.
In Dugdale's 1658 publication, the left cartouche is replaced by a coat of arms. An inscription is added to the right cartouche: Stella | Orientalis | hue conduxit, | IOHANNEM | WALPOOLE | de Pinchbeck | in Com Linc: | Militem. The letters 'e Pi' of this inscription are alterations. '166' has been added to the upper left corner.
In the Monasticon version, '166' was erased imperfectly, while '297' was added in the lower left corner, not by Hollar. Additionally, there is re-work done on the buttress of the nave.
In Dugdale's 1658 publication, the left cartouche is replaced by a coat of arms. An inscription is added to the right cartouche: Stella | Orientalis | hue conduxit, | IOHANNEM | WALPOOLE | de Pinchbeck | in Com Linc: | Militem. The letters 'e Pi' of this inscription are alterations. '166' has been added to the upper left corner.
In the Monasticon version, '166' was erased imperfectly, while '297' was added in the lower left corner, not by Hollar. Additionally, there is re-work done on the buttress of the nave.
The eastern part of the cathedral, depicted here, was largely unchanged by Inigo Jones' refacing project in the 1630s.
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 (State ii)
Royal Collection Trust (State i)
Image Right Holder
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Royal Collection Trust
Inscriptions
Upper right & left corners: empty cartouches.
Top center: ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS Sti PAVLI Long: | AB ORIENTE PROSPECTVS
Lower right corner: W. Hollar delin: et sculp:
Top center: ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS Sti PAVLI Long: | AB ORIENTE PROSPECTVS
Lower right corner: W. Hollar delin: et sculp:
Reproductions
Hind, Arthur M. Wenseslas Hollar and His Views of London and Windsor in the Seventeenth Century. London: Bodley Head, 1922, p. 187, plate XXXVII
Subject
eng
Cathedral
Bibliographic Citation
Parry, Graham and Michiyo Takano. "The illustrations to Dugdale’s History of St Paul’s Cathedral: Subscribers and their Sntiments." The Seventeenth Century, 2020:. 473-495
Pennington, R. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslas Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: University Press, 2010, p.179, no 1022.
Cataloguer
Ashlinn Casey
