Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm the British Empire reached its

the British Empire reached its greatest territorial extent half a century later in the 1920s

aqueducts and water tanks (‘brackish’ and ‘potable’)

The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti menacing an astonished personification of France and a battle fought in the shadow of the Alps) probably refers to the Nine Years’ War and the invasion of the region by the Duke of Savoy in 1692

una cum finitimis regionibus Valachia

Coronelli’s Views of Whitehall & St Paul’s Cathedral Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm the British Empire reached itsThis view is from 'Isolario dell'Atlante Veneto', perhaps the last of the great Italian island books. If Coronellis St Pauls differs somewhat from the cathedral we know, it is worth bearing in mind that Wrens building only came into use in 1697 and was officially completed in 1708. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 43 x 27 cm, black and white, restoration to elaborate border dividing the two images (3 x 0. 4 cm hole neatly closed), blank verso.