2-699-329 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Western Towers and Cloisters of Westminster Abbey', (1881). Two views of the abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, where the coronations and weddings of first English, and later British, royalty are traditionally held. The church was begun by Henry III in 1245 and is one of the most important Gothic buildings in Britain. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]