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Stonehenge
By John Speed 1611 Although the artist almost certainly visited Stonehenge during the course of his travels as a map-maker, this picture seems to have been influenced strongly by early pictures of the monument. The stones are topped with ‘sausage roll’ shaped lintels and the background details are wrong. The spire of Salisbury Cathedral may have been introduced by Speed to emphasise the location of Stonehenge.
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