John Wykeham Archer

[2] He then moved to Edinburgh, where he made a collection of drawings of the ancient buildings and streets of the city.

After a few years the market for this kind of illustration declined, and Archer had to find less renumerative work engraving plates for the New Sporting Magazine.

[2] Having been elected a member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, he produced a series of drawings of St. Mary Overy, previous to its restoration, and of Lambeth Palace.

[3] Archer also made a series of drawings for the Duke of Northumberland, showing places on his estate.

[2] Archer was the author of Vestiges of Old London, a large quarto volume, illustrated with etchings; and of a series of articles in Douglas Jerrold's Magazine, entitled "The Recreations of Mr. Zigzag the Elder",[1] and numerous contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine, and Illustrated London News.

Archer in the mid 19th century.
St John's Gate, Clerkenwell , a watercolour by John Wykeham Archer (British Museum).