Title

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

Caption

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, c1920s. The gate was built in 1504 by Thomas Docwra, prior of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John. It served as the south entrance to the inner precinct. Part of the building is now used as a museum of the Knights Hospitallers and the St John's Ambulance Brigade. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, The second series of British royal and ancient buildings.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C22_465

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,0Mb (976,4Kb) / 8,1in x 15,3in / 2437 x 4595 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior road building buildings London England religious architecture archway arch street religion lane avenue medieval Christianity gateway gate location century outside Tudor B&W MONOCHROME collectible Architectural Feature black & white black and white B W mediaeval priory Middle Ages gatehouse 16th century sixteenth century The Print Collector cigarette card Clerkenwell Islington Priory of St John of Jerusalem Smithfield St John's Gate TGN Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd photograph Unknown Thomas Thomas Docwra Docwra Thomas Docwra photograph