Gray, C.

Historic buildings, portraits and antiquarian details share the page in these mid-Victorian illustrations of British history...

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Historic buildings, portraits and antiquarian details share the page in these mid-Victorian illustrations of British history by C. Gray. Published in 1845, they range from St Andrews Castle and Stirling to the Savoy and a view from Blackfriars in London, while the Barber-Surgeons' Hall and a scene identified with the sixteenth century give the London plates a retrospective character. Other sheets pair Robert Cecil with the gateway at Cowdray, arms from the Tower Armoury with the camp at Tilbury, and James I with Perth, so that a place is often accompanied by a person, seal or object.

Historic buildings, portraits and antiquarian details share the page in these mid-Victorian illustrations of British history by C. Gray. Published in 1845, they range from St Andrews Castle and Stirling to the Savoy and a view from Blackfriars in London, while the Barber-Surgeons' Hall and a scene identified with the sixteenth century give the London plates a retrospective character. Other sheets pair Robert Cecil with the gateway at Cowdray, arms from the Tower Armoury with the camp at Tilbury, and James I with Perth, so that a place is often accompanied by a person, seal or object.

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