Original antique 18th century engraving.
Published in the 1755 edition of John Stow's survey of London.
John Stowe’s Elizabethan classic, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow (c. 1525-1605) was a chronicler and antiquary who transcribed manuscripts and inscriptions relating to English history, literature and archaeology, but his Survey is perhaps his most famous work, with its evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book.
Following his death, the publication was republished several times. This edition was by John Strype in 1755. The latest revision was in 1908 and various forms of the original survey are still published today.
