Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - Original fine quality antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1844
- Artist: Bartlett - Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co, The Caxton Press, Angel Street, London & Paris
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair).
- This print, when I received it, was affected by age
(brownish stains) like the others in the group (Some of them I show in
the last photo - they are NOT included in this offer). To save
this print, I had the stains removed.
- Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 27 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight (thickness): 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Notes: 1. Green
color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on
which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is much sharper than the
photo of the print. 3. The map (NOT included) shows the location of the spot depicted in the engraving.
Original Narrative:
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Pass
of Souk Barrada, Near Zebdani - Syria: The course of the
Barrada, before it issues out from a cleft in the mountains into the
plains of Damascus, is picturesque and interesting. The traveller who
proceeds from Baalbee, over Anti-Libanus, to Damascus, has
opportunities of becoming well acquainted with the "Golden Stream"
(Chrysorrhma), by which name the ancient geographers knew the Barrada.
This stream rises in the mountains behind the village of Zurgein, which
belong to the eastern deelivities of Anti-Libanus. After
travelling a day's journey among the gradually lessening ranges which
terminate in the plain of Damascus, the traveller reaches the village
of Zebdani, in a beautiful valley of the same name, which he finds to
be traversed and abundantly irrigated by the same stream, the presence
of which has at times cheered his way since the morning. The
illustration depicts the bridge called Djissr es-Souk, and it is at the
head of the valley, which takes its name (Wady Barrada) from the river.
The countryside at this point is exceedingly wild and picturesque.
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