Title

'Canterbury Cathedral', early-mid 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Canterbury Cathedral', early-mid 19th century. View of the cathedral at Canterbury in Kent which was founded in 597 AD. It was largely rebuilt in Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket.

Date

1811

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F35_057

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (3,9Mb) / 19,4in x 13,0in / 5809 x 3888 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior outdoors building England religious architecture religion British cathedral church medieval Christianity Gothic century Kent Britain pilgrimage concept tourist attraction Canterbury world heritage site 19th century B W UNESCO Middle Ages Canterbury Cathedral nineteenth century historic tourism The Print Collector 12th century TGN outside engraving landscape Unknown Robert Creighton Creighton Robert