Title

'Canterbury Cathedral, from the North-East'

Caption

'Canterbury Cathedral, from the North-East', 1890. Founded in 597 and largely rebuilt in Gothic style following a fire in 1174 with extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket. Listed as a World Heritage Site. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_198

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,6Mb (2,7Mb) / 17,3in x 13,4in / 5200 x 4006 (300dpi)

Keywords

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