Londonderry, 1689 (Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK) 54°59ʹ53ʺN 07°18ʹ33ʺW

? Edward Sandys (d. 1708) (engraver, printer and publisher)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the scrolled letter W below and the letter V

Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration

21.0 x 22.3 cm (neatline)

24.5 x 22.3 cm (image and sheet)

cropped (platemark)

Printed title:

THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CATHEDRALL CHURCH [top centre, in banner]

Additional text:

[bottom, below view:] This Church was built by the Hono.^ble Societie, of London in the year of our L.^d 1633 in memory of w.^ch thes verses are / ingraved in the porch / If stones could speake then Londons prais would sound / Who built this Church and City from the ground. / This Church was much beautifi'd at the Charge of the Revrend Ezekill [Ezekiel Hopkins, bishop 1681-90] L.^d Bp. of Derry in the year 1683.

Annotations:

George III heading: Londonderry, 1689.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, a lot number? ink:] N10963.; [bottom right, ink:] 1^s.

George III catalogue entry:

Londonderry A New Map of the City of Londonderry with its Confines, as it was besieged by the Irish Army in the year 1689: exactly surveyed by Capt. Francis Nevill: published by Sandys. 3 sheets: with References and Views of the Cathedral and Exchange.