A signed and dated, framed and mounted drypoint engraving by Sir Henry Rushbury showing St Mary le Bow church on Cheapside after its bombing in the Blitz.

First exhibited at the Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition in 1944 as 'Bow Church from Bread Street' the print is one of a series by Sir Henry documenting the destruction of London landmarks during the Second World War.

St Mary-le-Bow had suffered only superficial damage for the greater part of the London Blitz. Sadly, however, on the 10th of May the final night of the Blitz (a night known as ‘the worst raid’ when a full moon lighted the German bombers up the Thames to central London) the church received a number of direct hits causing a fire which destroyed the entire interior, sparing only the outer walls and the Portland Stone tower.