Choir of Exeter Cathedral ([1845?])
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| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC0869 |
Illustration Reference
SC0869
Location
CD 14 DVD 2
Publication Details
Date
[1845?]
Place
Scope and Content
Evans, John. The juvenile tourist: or excursions through various parts of the island of Great Britain; [
] illustrated with maps and interspersed with historical anecdotes and poetical extracts; for the improvement of the rising generation. In a series of letters to a pupil. London: James Cundee; Albion Press, 1810. Third Edition. Letter V. pp. 70, 73.In Exeter the cathedral is almost the only object of curiosity. It was 400 years in building, yet exhibits an astonishing uniformity: it is vaulted throughout, 390 feet long and 74 broad; it has a peal of bells reckoned the largest in all England, as is also its organ, the great pipe of which is fifteen inches in diameter. [
].The Bishop's throne also is an exquisite piece of workmanship, and so framed, that neither screw, nail, nor peg was employed in its construction. Upon the approach of Oliver Cromwell to besiege the city, it was taken to pieces by the clergy, sacredly preserved, and reinstated at the restoration. [Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr
Dimensions
86x70mm
Note
Round headed
Places
Name
Aspects
Choir
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1845