Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, London - Original Engraving - 1828
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Original antique engraving of the hospital and priory of St. John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell, London, as it stood around 1640, seen from St. John's Street. Published in 1828 by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. for Edward Wedlake Brayley's Londiniana.
Original antique engraving of the hospital and priory of St. John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell, London, as it stood around 1640, seen from St. John's Street. Published in 1828 by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. for Edward Wedlake Brayley's Londiniana.
The house was the English seat of the Knights Hospitaller from the 12th century; of that group of buildings only St John's Gate survives today. The engraving derives from a view by Wenceslaus Hollar.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: After Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)
Date: 1828
Source: Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, by E. W. Brayley; London, Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co.
Dimensions: Sheet 8.7 x 6.6 in (22 x 16.8 cm)
Condition: Light foxing and three vertical folds from the original folding of the sheet.
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Original antique engraving of the hospital and priory of St. John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell, London, as it stood around 1640, seen from St. John's Street. Published in 1828 by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. for Edward Wedlake Brayley's Londiniana.