St Genevieve Size:S: 45 x 30cm Front view of Guildhall

Front view of Guildhall

Clay (1777-1852) was Secretary of State in the administration of John Quincy Adams

' Plate 24 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature

the building designed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park

He served in important positions of the Imperial Court

St Genevieve Size:S: 45 x 30cm Front view of GuildhallSt Genevieve, 1886. St Genevieve or Genovefa (422 500), the French saint who dedicated herself to God at the age of 7 and took the veil at 15. She is the patron saint of Paris, and a guardian agaist plague, fever and disasters. Published in Butler's, Lives of the Saints, DIV 3, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886.