Name: Antique Print-HIGH-CROSS-BONN-GODESBERG-RHINE-Bishop-Tombleson-1832
SKU: PICTURA-09951
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Antique Print-HIGH-CROSS-BONN-GODESBERG-RHINE-Bishop-Tombleson-1832

€35.00

‘HIGH CROSS NEAR BONN. HAUTE CROIX PRES BONN. HOCHKREUZ BEI BONN.’

– Steel engraving of the medieval High Cross monument outside Bonn. The tall, Gothic-style cross stands at the roadside. People gather nearby. Ruins of Godesberg castle visible in the background.

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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.

HIGH CROSS, BONN, GODESBERG, MONUMENT, GOTHIC CROSS, ROADSIDE, GERMANY, ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE, TOMBLESON, ROMANTICISM, 19TH CENTURY | PCO-C1-19

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: J. Bishop was a 19th-century British engraver active in architectural and topographical illustration, contributing to engraved travel volumes including Tombleson’s Rhine series.

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.