Panoramic view of Coventry in the West Midlands, England, in the late 1790s, with three graceful church spires. The tallest spire is the 90 metre / 295 ft-high spire of the Old Cathedral, formerly the Parish Church of St Michael, built in the 1300s and 1400s and destroyed in World War II. Borderless crop of engraving which carries the publication date 1 June 1794 and was later coloured by hand.
Coventry in the West Midlands, England, with distinctive church spires soaring above cows grazing in surrounding fields and boys playing amid hayricks on the low hill that served as the artist’s vantage point. Borderless crop of a engraving which carries the publication date 1 June 1794 and was later coloured by hand. The engraving is by Walker and Storer from a drawing by J Walker. It appeared in ‘Copper Plate Magazine’, also known as ‘The Itinerant’, published between 1729 and 1803 by Harrison & Co of Paternoster Row in London. The drawing for this engraving was by a British artist and engraver, John Walker (c. 1750 - c. 1800), son of engraver William Walker and nephew of engraver Anthony Walker. The engravers for this engraving were John Walker and his compatriot James Sargent Storer (1771 - 1853), a draughtsman and engraver, especially of topographical views, who was father of engraver Henry Sargant Storer. The present structure of the Old Cathedral, formerly the parish church of St Michael, largely originates from the 1300s to 1500s with chapels added in the 1500s. However, a chapel of Norman design once stood on the site and St Michael’s was first mentioned in 1138 during the reign of King Stephen. In 1918, the church of St Michael was given cathedral status. On the night of 14 November 1940, Coventry was bombed and its cathedral became the only English cathedral to be destroyed in the Second World War.
Size: 15114px × 10075px
Location: Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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