A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.5cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
HEREFORD CATHEDRAL AND WYE BRIDGE.
The city of Hereford is mostly built of red brick, and has no specially noticeable objects, except the tall spires of St. Peter's and All Saints' churches, and the large square tower of the Cathedral, which stands almost on the bank of the Wye, close to the bridge. Hereford is an old Saxon see, but the present building commenced with the Normans. The large tower was built about 1320, and the whole operations extended over some 440 years. A portion fell in 1786. There are many old monuments, but the most unique relic of antiquity preserved here is the celebrated Mappa Mundi, the largest and most interesting of all known ancient maps, representing the world surrounded by ocean, on one immense sheet of vellum. Its date is about 1282-1300 and the author, Richard de Bello, held a prebend in the cathedral.