2-691-461 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A sectional drawing of Sir Christopher Wren's great dome, showing how the stone lantern with its ball and cross are supported on a conical wall built between the outer and inner domes', c1934. Illustration showing the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710, after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]