Sujet

St. James, Westminster, 1820. Creator: Joseph Skelton.

Légende

St. James, Westminster, 1820. 'Situated on the North of Jermyn Street, fronting St. James's Square, was built by Sir C. [ie Christopher] Wren, and consecrated as a place of worship in 1684, as a precinct to St. Martin's in the fields, but from the increase of the Inhabitants of this quarter it was form'd into a parish, the 1st of James II. The present Reverend Dean Andrews, in 1812, succeeded W.W. Parker D.D. as Rector'. From "Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or graphical survey of the cathedral, collegiate and parochial churches of London, Southwark and Westminster with the adjoining parishes...[with] One Hundred And Twenty-Two Plates, From Original Drawings by John Coney, George Shepherd, &c. -" by Charles Clarke, [London, 1820].

Date

1820

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A46_014

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44.5Mo (5.1Mo) / 26.6cm x 42.0cm / 3138 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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