Handbook to the cathedrals of England
A handbook of English cathedrals written by Richard John King and published in London by John Murray in 1861, aimed at visitors and readers interested in church architecture. The plates are engraved views of cathedral interiors, exteriors and details such as chapter houses, south elevations and arcaded walls, drawn in fine black line with careful Gothic tracery. A designer could take from them the rhythm of pointed arches, rose windows and buttressed masonry as architectural motifs for pattern or framing.
