The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;
An American survey of English architectural history, written by James Frothingham Hunnewell and published in Boston by Ticknor in 1886 for general readers following England's past through its buildings. The 64 plates are sepia-printed views of cathedrals, castles, ruins and vaulted interiors, with west fronts, arcades and small figures for scale, useful for Gothic tracery, stonework texture and monochrome architectural backdrops.
