[Prior Bird’s Chapel, Abbey Church…

Finely engraved large architectural print of part of Bath Abbey. The Abbey was founded in the 7th century, reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.

From John Carter, Some Account of the Abbey Church of Bath, illustrative of the Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of that Building, [Society of Antiquaries, London, 1798]