Description
Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, 1827, after A. Poynter.
This church was originally founded near the Tower of London in 1148. With the building of St Katharine's dock in 1825, the church moved to Regent's Park. "[Ambrose] Poynter was chiefly an architect of churches and country houses. His best-known London work is the Tudor Gothic-style hospital and chapel of St Katharine in Regent's Park (1827)"--Oxford dictionary of national biography. During the first World War Queen Alexandra granted the church to her Danish countrymen
Inscription: To Lt. Genl. Sir Herbert Taylor, G.C.H. &c. &c. &c. This view of the Royal Hospital of St. Katharine, is by permission respectfully inscribed by his obliged & most obedient servant Ambrose Poynter archt. ; A. Poynter arch. del. ; G. Reeve sculpt.
Additional makers: Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839 ; Reeve, Richard Gilson, 1803-1889.
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London
Location
The Danish Church of St Katharine, Regents Park, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The Danish Church of St Katharine, once the chapel of St Katharine's Hospital.
