Paul's_ and other works, for which, however, he is said by Vertue to
have received very small pay, about fourpence an hour, "at his usual
method by the hour-glass."
Some years later the Plague and the Fire again threw him out of
employment, and he seems to have sunk deeper and deeper into poverty,
dying in 1677, with an execution in his house, "of which he was
sensible enough to desire only to die in his bed, and not to be
removed till he was buried." He lies in the churchyard of St.
Margaret's, Westminster, but there is no stone to his memory.
In the course of his industrious life he is said to have produced more
than 2000 engravings and etchings. "He worked," says Redgrave, "with
extraordinary minuteness of finish, yet with an almost playful
freedom." His engravings of Old St. Paul's, though not entirely
accurate, undoubtedly give a true general view of the Cathedral as it
was in its last years, after the alterations and additions by Inigo
Jones, and nearly a century after the fall of the spire.
OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE SOUTH. After W. Hollar.
OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE NORTH. After W. Hollar.
OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE EAST. After W. Hollar.
OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE WEST. After W. Hollar.
THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND CLOISTER. After W. Hollar.
THE NAVE, OR PAUL'S WALK. After W. Hollar.
THE CHOIR. After W. Hollar.
THE LADY CHAPEL. After W. Hollar.
THE ROSE WINDOW. From a Drawing by E.B. Ferrey.
GROUND PLAN OF OLD ST. PAUL'S. After W. Hollar.
THE SHRINE OF ST. ERKENWALD. After W. Hollar.
THE TOMBS OF SEBBA AND ETHELRED. After W. Hollar.
THE MONUMENT OF JOHN OF GAUNT AND BLANCHE OF LANCASTER. After W.
Hollar.
THE MONUMENT OF BISHOP ROGER NIGER. After W. Hollar.
THE MONUMENT OF SIR JOHN BEAUCHAMP, POPULARLY KNOWN AS DUKE
HUMPHREY'S. After W. Hollar.
BRASSES OF BISHOP BRAYBROOKE, JOHN MOLINS, AND RALPH DE HENGHAM. After
W. Hollar.
ST. FAITH'S CHURCH IN THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL'S. After W. Hollar.
PORTRAIT OF BISHOP FISHER. From the Drawing by Holbein. British
Museum.
ST. MATTHEW: VIEW OF A MEDIAEVAL SCRIPTORIUM. From a MS. of a Book of
Prayers. British Museum, Slo. 2468.
A REQUIEM MASS. From a MS. of a Book of Prayers. British Museum, Slo.
2468.
SINGING THE PLACEBO. From a MS. of the Hours of the Virgin. British
Museum, Harl. 2971
SEALS OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER. From Casts in the Library of St. Paul's
Cathedral.
ORGAN AND TRUMPETS. From a Collection of Miniatures from Choral
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