Original late 18th-century engraving with the elevation of the parish church of St Mary Aldermary, in Bow Lane, London: the tower with its four openwork pinnacles and the battlemented nave, drawn with the precision of an architectural drawing, the title lettered within the image.
Original late 18th-century engraving with the elevation of the parish church of St Mary Aldermary, in Bow Lane, London: the tower with its four openwork pinnacles and the battlemented nave, drawn with the precision of an architectural drawing, the title lettered within the image.
Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, St Mary Aldermary was rebuilt in the Gothic style, an exceptional case in Wren's London, and its tower was not crowned with the pinnacles until the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: Late 18th century.
Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.6 in (24.6 x 19.4 cm).
Condition: Fair; light toning and a few small damp spots in the right margin and along the lower edge.