Wales, afterwards Charles II. On the outbreak of the Civil War he served as a soldier in the Royalist ranks, and was taken prisoner at Basing House, but escaped to Antwerp. Obtaining very poor employment there, he returned to England in 1652, and was engaged upon the plates for Dugdale's History of St. 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.

Plate 4. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE SOUTH. After W. Hollar.

Plate 5. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE NORTH. After W. Hollar.

Plate 6. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE EAST. After W. Hollar.

Plate 7. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE WEST. After W. Hollar.

Plate 9. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND CLOISTER. After W. Hollar.

Plate 9a. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND CLOISTER - Detail of Arms and Inscription. After W. Hollar.

Plate 10. THE NAVE, OR PAUL'S WALK. After W. Hollar.

Plate 11. THE CHOIR. After W. Hollar.

Plate 11a. THE CHOIR - Details of Arms and Inscription. After W. Hollar.

Plate 12. THE LADY CHAPEL. After W. Hollar.

Plate 13. THE ROSE WINDOW. From a Drawing by E.B. Ferrey.

Plate 14. GROUND PLAN OF OLD ST. PAUL'S. After W. Hollar.

Plate 15. THE SHRINE OF ST. ERKENWALD. After W. Hollar.

Plate 16. THE TOMBS OF SEBBA AND ETHELRED. After W. Hollar.

Plate 16a. THE TOMBS OF SEBBA AND ETHELRED- Details of Inscriptions. After W. Hollar.

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