The North Prospect of Canterbury.
Tho: Johnson delineavit. W: Hollar fecit. [n.d. c.1670] But later. Etching, watermark J. Whatman c. 1795; sheet 180 x 550mm (7 x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to backing sheet at edges. Right third folded. Time staining. Ink transfer from cartouche dedication to the middle. A long view of the city in the middle distance, with the cathedral in the left to the centre, seen across a field in the foreground. A coat-of-arms with mitre crest and two fields at top left and an ornamental cartouche at top right containing dedication to Gilbert by Ogilby. Pennington 961 iii.
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[Canterbury Cathedral] Cantuariensis Ecclesiæ Cath: facies aquilonalis.
Tho. Johnson delin: Dan: King sculp. [n.d., 1655.] Etching on 17th century watermarked paper. 270 x 290mm (10½ x 11½"), with margins. Some creasing and spotting. A view of Canterbury Cathedral from the north, with a dedication to Edward Darrel. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'. According to Pennington, Wenceslaus Hollar etched the cartouche with the St George's Cross in the bottom centre.
[Ref: 61223] £160.00
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