

The Virgin, with the infant Jesus in her arms. Pope, round the base of the second were four apostles, and above them was placed Structure may be mentioned, in the first niche, most likely, a contemporaneous Its height is calculated at about thirty-six feet the first storey William Andrews gives this description of the Cheapside Cross from the picture: There are three octangular compartments, and each is supported by eight slenderĬolumns. In Robert Wilkinson’s Londina Illustrata ofġ809. This painting was destroyed by fire in 1793 ( Nichols ccclvii), but a copy had been engraved byĪntiquaries, based on a drawing by S.H. View of Edward VI passing Cheapside Cross during his 1547 coronation Ornate structure about twelve metres high. Time of its demolition in 1643, the Cross was an Have told a tale of kingly love, civic pride, and sectarian violence. If monuments could speak, the Cheapside Cross would Troia-Nova Triumphans, or London Triumphing.Survey of London (1633): Towers and Castles.

Survey of London (1633): Temporal Government.Survey of London (1633): Rivers and Other Waters.Survey of London (1633): Lime Street Ward.Survey of London (1633): Farringdon Ward Within.Survey of London (1633): Cripplegate Ward.Survey of London (1633): Breadstreet Ward.Survey of London (1598): Temporal Government.Survey of London (1598): Rivers and Other Waters.Survey of London (1598): Lime Street Ward.Survey of London (1598): Farringdon Ward Within.Survey of London (1598): Cripplegate Ward.Survey of London (1598): Cordwainer Street Ward.Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward.Excerpt from The Doleful Lamentation of Cheapside Cross.

