From Gleason’s Pictorial, 1853. —This is the old Trinity Church on Summer Street, which burned in the Great Fire of 1872. It was replaced by the new Trinity Church in the Back Bay (modern photograph here).
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Old Church of St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight
“The smallest church in England,” but half a dozen other churches dispute that title. From English Scenery, 1889.
A Country Churchyard
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English: Woodcut of a country churchyard, from an 1821 children’s book
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Source | The Broken Promise, 1821 (https://archive.org/stream/brokenpromiseorc00newyiala#page/n1/mode/2up) |
Author | Unknown engraver |
Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
From The Biblical Keepsake, 1835.
The Day of Rest, from a drawing by Edwin A. Abbey
From Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1887.
St. John’s Church, New York City
From the Poughkeepsie Casket, 1839.
The Floating Chapel of the Holy Comforter
Holden’s Dollar Magazine, 1849 (https://archive.org/stream/holdensdollarmag34newy#page/578/mode/1up)
Ypres, by William Callow
From William Callow, 1908.
Notre Dame, Paris, by William Callow
From William Callow, 1908.
Moonlight View of Westminster Abbey from the Surrey Side of the Thames
From Westminster Abbey, 1813 (but the book appears to have been printed with existing plates, so the engraving is probably older).