Name: Antique Print-CONVENT-LAACH-RHINE-GERMANY-Lacey-Tombleson-1832
SKU: PICTURA-09959
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Antique Print-CONVENT-LAACH-RHINE-GERMANY-Lacey-Tombleson-1832

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‘CONVENT OF LAACH’

– Idyllic view of the Convent of Laach in a valley surrounded by wooded hills and farmland. A small herd of goats grazes in the foreground where figures observe the distant convent across a lake.

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Description

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.

LAACH, CONVENT, MONASTERY, RHINELAND, GERMANY, LANDSCAPE, ENGRAVING, 19TH CENTURY, TOMBLESON | PCO-C1-20

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: W. Lacey (fl.c.1834-1851) was a 19th-century engraver known for finely detailed architectural and landscape work.

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.