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 9" 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)
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.
Canterbury has been a bishopric for twelve centuries, and is the oldest of all those founded by St. Augustine. The present Cathedral is Norman and Early English. In "Conrad's Glorious Choir," now superseded by Pointed work, occurred the murder of Becket in 1170, and two years later, in the Crypt beneath, Henry's humiliating penance for it. To the shrine and relics of Becket were made those "Canterbury pilgrimages" which for three centuries marked so deeply the religious life of Europe, and have so worn the stones near the sacred spot. Canterbury Cathedral possesses the longest known choir; and its noble central tower is also unequalled. Among the many interesting monuments are those of Henry IV., of the Black Prince and of Archbishop Langton, who drew up the Great Charter.