St. Mary's Church, Paddington, England: [Front of church] – Vintage Wall Art
![St. Mary's Church, Paddington, England: [Front of church], 1801 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/3040d62b04ab-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of St. Mary's Church, Paddington, England: [Front of church] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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St. Mary's Church, Paddington, England: [Front of church]
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This engraving shows the front of St. Mary's Church in Paddington, then a village on the western edge of London, rendered as a formal architectural elevation. The plans are credited to the architect John Plaw, whose late eighteenth-century work on the church reflected the Georgian taste for classical proportions and restrained ornament. The print was made by the engravers Beville and van Mael from a drawing by Schwender, and it appeared as plates 45 and 46 in Christian L. Steiglitz's *Plans et Dessins*, published in Paris in 1801. The record's details come from an older caption card and have not been fully verified, but the image is a useful record of how an English parish church was presented to continental readers at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1801 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Beville and van Mael after drawing by Schwender. Illus. in: Christian L. Steiglitz, Plans et Dessins ..., Paris, 1801, plates 45 and 46. Plans by John Plaw. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 857 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140586 |
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