Antique Print-STOLZENFELS-RHINE-Cox-Tombleson-1832

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.

STOLZENFELS, RHINE, CASTLE RUINS, RAINBOW, RIVER, BOATS | PCO-C1-24

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: T. Cox (fl.1837-)was a 19th-century British engraver known for his landscape and topographical views in steel engraving, often working on picturesque travel series such as Tombleson’s Rhine.

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.