Cathedral antiquities
John Britton's Cathedral Antiquities, issued in London from 1814 by Longman and partners, surveyed English cathedrals in measured engravings for antiquarians, architects and church restorers. Line-and-tone plates pair interior elevations with exterior wall sections, showing bay systems, clustered piers, arcading, vaulting ribs and vast traceried windows with scale bars and figures, supplying precise Gothic ornament and structural profiles for reuse.
