A history of the royal foundation of Christ's Hospital : with an acount of the plan of education, the internal economy of the institution, and memoirs of eminent Blues : preceded by a narrative of the rise, progress, and suppression of the convent of the Grey Friars in London
An institutional history of Christ's Hospital, the London charity school on the site of the Grey Friars convent, written by William Trollope and published by William Pickering in London in 1834 for governors, old scholars and antiquarian readers. The plates are steel and copper engravings of school buildings, cloisters and hall interiors, a crowded group scene of boys and officials in a panelled hall, and medal and seal designs with Britannia, ships and lettered borders, giving designers architectural elevations, ceremonial crowd compositions and circular emblem frames.
