Additional Makers
Publisher - Laurie & Whittle; Print maker - John Scott
Description
View in Covent Garden showing St. Paul's Church on fire; flames and smoke rising from the roof; in foreground people gather to watch spectacle, some on the tops of stalls, empty barrels, sacks and pieces of wood in foreground to left and right. 1795. Etching and engraving with hand-colouring.
Inscription
Lettered below image with title, followed by "As it appeared on Fire, at eight O'Clock on Thursday Evening, 17th Sepr. 1795".With three lines on the history of the building: "Was Built by that Celebrated Architect Inigo Jones, in 1640 by the direction And at the Expence of the Earl of Bedford, Ancestor of the present Duke, to whom the Land was granted by Edward VI in 1552 - This Structure was Erected as a Chapel of Ease to St Martins in the Fields - and remarkable for its Majestic Simplicity, which never f
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
St. Paul's Covent Garden, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture