Name: Antique Print-SAYN-CASTLE-RUINS-RHINE-Sands-Tombleson-1832
SKU: PICTURA-09967
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Antique Print-SAYN-CASTLE-RUINS-RHINE-Sands-Tombleson-1832

€35.00

‘RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF SAYN’

– Bucolic scene with a half-timbered watermill in the foreground, a stone bridge over a stream, and the romantic ruins of Sayn Castle on the hill in the distance. Figures and a cart enliven the rural setting.

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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.

SAYN, BENDORF, CASTLE RUINS, SAYN CASTLE, RHINE RIVER, WATERMILL, LANDSCAPE, ROMANTICISM, 19TH CENTURY, GERMANY | PCO-C1-22

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: James Sands (fl.1811-1846) was a 19th-century British engraver known for detailed scenic views and landscapes, often collaborating on illustrated travel books such as those by Tombleson.

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.