Name: Antique Print-RHEINECK-CASTLE-RHINE-GERMANY-Thompson-Tombleson-1832
SKU: PICTURA-09958
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Antique Print-RHEINECK-CASTLE-RHINE-GERMANY-Thompson-Tombleson-1832

€35.00

‘RHEINECK CASTLE’

– Picturesque view of Rheineck Castle rising above a stone archway and leafy hillside path. Figures with a wheelbarrow and dog animate the foreground, while the river winds off to the right.

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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.

RHEINECK, CASTLE, RHINE, GERMANY, ARCHITECTURE, 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: D. George Thompson (1822?1870) was a 19th-century British-American engraver known for architectural and topographical scenes.

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.