Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm una cum finitimis regionibus Valachia

una cum finitimis regionibus Valachia

aqueducts and water tanks (‘brackish’ and ‘potable’)

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the British Empire reached its greatest territorial extent half a century later in the 1920s

which was drawn by French Capuchin monks circa 1670 as a mixture of conventional plan and bird’s eye view

Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm una cum finitimis regionibus ValachiaThis view is from 'Isolario dell'Atlante Veneto', perhaps the last of the great Italian island books. If Coronellis St Pauls differs somewhat from the cathedral we know, it is worth bearing in mind that Wrens building only came into use in 1697 and was officially completed in 1708. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 43 x 27 cm, black and white, restoration to elaborate border dividing the two images (3 x 0. 4 cm hole neatly closed), blank verso.