A woman personifying architecture, with St Paul's cathedral, London in the background, presides over five portraits of British builders of church buildings in ovals. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1801, after R. Smirke.

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A woman personifying architecture, with St Paul's cathedral, London in the background, presides over five portraits of British builders of church buildings in ovals. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1801, after R. Smirke.