William Sandroft, Archbishop of Canterbury – Antique Wall Art
![William Sandroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df6ace8bab22-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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of William Sandroft, Archbishop of Canterbury. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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William Sandroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Sandroft's name on this engraving marks him as the man who led the Church of England at a turbulent moment: he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1678 and held the office through the Revolution of 1688. The print is the work of David Loggan, a Dutch-born engraver who worked in England and produced many portraits of churchmen and scholars, often for university collections. The caption card does not record a date, but the style is typical of Loggan's work from the late seventeenth century. Sandroft is remembered for refusing to read the king's Declaration of Indulgence in 1688, which led to his brief imprisonment, and for refusing the oath to William and Mary, which cost him his see in 1690.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by David Loggan. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Pub. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,065 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157477 |
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