Name: Antique Print-NONNENWERTH-ROLANDSECK-CONVENT-RUINS-RHINE-Hall-Tombleson-1832
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Antique Print-NONNENWERTH-ROLANDSECK-CONVENT-RUINS-RHINE-Hall-Tombleson-1832

€35.00

‘CONVENT OF NONNENWERTH & RUINS OF ROLANDSECK. COUVENT DE NONNENWERTH ET RUINES DE ROLANDSECK. FRAUENKLOSTER VON NONNENWERTH UND RUINEN VON ROLANDSECK.’

– Steel engraving showing the Rhine river with the convent of Nonnenwerth on the right bank and the romantic ruins of Rolandseck Castle atop the hills. Sailboats and townspeople along the riverwalk.

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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.

NONNENWERTH, ROLANDSECK, RHINE, CONVENT, RUINS, ROMANTICISM, CASTLE, GERMANY, RIVER, TOMBLESON, ROMANTIC VIEW, 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 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.