Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm Van den Broecke 212

Van den Broecke 212

Just three underground lines are highlighted

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

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

Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm Van den Broecke 212This 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.