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 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm
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)
ELY CATHEDRAL.
The old "Isle of Ely" still stands a hundred feet above the Ouse and the general level of the Fens; and on its highest point, clear above the little town, stands the cathedral, clearly visible from Cambridge, twenty miles off. Two Saxon buildings preceded that erected by successive Norman bishops, after that Saxon rebellion under Hereward which made its last stand at Ely Island. The present cathedral is unique for its length-565 feet—which exceeds that of any other in Europe; and also for its grand and original octagonal central tower, the work of Alan of Walsingham, who substituted it for the heavy square one which had fallen in ruins precisely as that of Chichester did in 1861. The Lady Chapel is also of unusual beauty and size; it is now used as a parish church.