Here is the Anglican Church of St Vedast-alias-Foster, in the City of London, viewed from Priest’s Court.
Before I drew this, I paused a while in the Fountain Court, a tranquil courtyard next to the church. In the shadow, there is a monument to “Petro”, Major Wladimir Vassilievitch Petropavlovsky. His friends awarded him the epitaph “This was a Man”. I had a look online to see if I could find out more about this person.
He was a member of the Special Expeditionary Force in the 1939-45 war in Europe. This was an organisation formed for espionage in Nazi occupied areas. I can find the record quoted, but the “National Archives” link is not working at present. There is little online that I can find.
However he did write a book, under the name, “W Petro”. I have it on order, so I shall find out more about this interesting character.
The drawing took an hour and 45 minutes. Here are some photos of work in progress.
Fountain Court, I found out afterwards, is named not after a fountain, for there is none, but after a pub that used to be in the area.
Jane Sketching 