Architectural antique prints and engravings
Lot 153640: George Vertue - St Andrew's Church, Greensted, Essex 1751
This 1751 engraving by George Vertue is Plate 7 from volume two of Vetusta Monumenta, published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
It illustrates St. Andrew’s Church in Greensted, Essex, alongside the shrine of St. Edmund and a seal fragment from Bury St. Edmunds Abbey.
Features the north, west, and south views (drawn in 1748) of St. Andrew’s Church in Essex, famed as Europe’s oldest surviving wooden church.
Shrine of St. Edmund: Shows the burial shrine of St. Edmund the King and Martyr, copied from a medieval manuscript created by John Lydgate.
Abbey Seal: Displays the front and reverse sides of a seal fragment from the Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk.
Size: 14in x 19in (36cm x 48cm)
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