The Prospect of London and Westminster
London,
[after 1697].
Engraved panorama.
325 by 1530mm. (12.75 by 60.25 inches).
12182
notes:
A later state of Hollar's view of London, showing the changes to the city from the date it was first published in the 1640s. In the second half of the seventeenth century London underwent the Civil War, the Black Death and the Fire of London, precipitating a wave of rebuilding and restructuring across the city. The legacy of the Fire is shown by the new St Paul's Cathedral as designed by Sir Christopher Wren, with a dome rather than a spire. The spires to the left are some ...
bibliography:
Pennington 1013 (ii) (d).
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