Antique Print-ANDERNACH-RHINE-GERMANY-Wallis-Tombleson-1832

Medium: Steel engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 13.6 x 22.6 cm (5.35 x 8.9 inch). Image size: 10 x 20 cm. (3.94 x 7.87 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing and some dampstaining in outer margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANDERNACH, RHINELAND, ROMANESQUE, MEDIEVAL TOWN, TOWER, RHINE, GERMANY, ARCHITECTURE, ENGRAVING, 19TH CENTURY | PCO-C1-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Tombleson’s Views of the Rhine’, Volume 1, first edition, 1832, published by Black & Armstrong, London. Foreign Booksellers to the King.

Biography engraver: William Wallis (1796-ca.1829?) was a Landscape and architectural engraver, in London. Brother of engravers Robert William Wallis (1794-1878) and Henry Wallis (1806-90).

Biography artist: William Tombleson (1795-1846) was a British topographical artist, illustrator, and engraver. He is best known for his detailed and picturesque views of European rivers, particularly the Rhine and the Thames.