Title

Sir Christopher Wren's original model for St Paul's cathedral, London, c1670-1672 (1893).Artist: Arthur Robertson

Caption

Sir Christopher Wren's original model for St Paul's cathedral, London, c1670-1672 (1893). Wren was commissioned to design the replacement for the cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of London. Construction began in 1677 and was completed on Wren's 76th birthday, 20th October 1708. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by J R Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1893

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C29_340

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,7in x 11,6in / 5022 x 3478 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England religious architecture country religion model British cathedral English church design dome Christian Christianity location st pauls cathedral century city of london Britain outside B&W MONOCHROME 17th century 19th century St Paul's Cathedral black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century seventeenth century St. Paul's Cathedral The Print Collector TGN Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Christopher Wren Green John Richard Green John Richard Arthur Robertson Robertson Arthur Sir Christopher Wren John Richard Green