Name: Antique Print-ELDFELD-RHINE-Field-Tombleson-1832
SKU: PICTURA-09999
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Antique Print-ELDFELD-RHINE-Field-Tombleson-1832

€35.00

‘ELDFELD’

– Finely detailed steel engraving titled “Eldfeld” (likely referencing Eltville, Germany), showing a riverside castle or fortified manor with multiple towers. A dramatic sky dominates the composition, casting light on a woman at the water’s edge and cattle grazing near ruins.

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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.

ELTVILLE, RHINE, CASTLE, TOMBLESON, ROMANTIC RUIN, GERMANY | PCO-C1-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

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.