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LONDON FROM HIGHGATE
Artist: G. Barret ____________ Engraver: Edward Finden |
Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving
AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1830s !! THIS PRINT IS OVER 160 YEARS OLD!
VERY OLD WORLD! FRAME FOR YOU DEN, OFFICE LIBRARY, LIVING OR FAMILY ROOM!.
LONDON. FROM HIGHGATE " And when I looked back on her dusky magnificence, I felt as if I were leaving behind me comfort, opulence, the charms of society, and all the pleasures of cultivated life."
A correct representation of London, such as it appeared to Osbaldistone when viewed from Highgate, would, in the present day, he a very difficult subject to obtain. The enlargement of the metropolis has kept pace with her increasing comforts and opulence, and the numerous green fields which intervened between the city and the spot from which he beheld it, have long since been covered with buildings of various descriptions. The artist has, however, endeavoured to convey an idea of its appearance at that period.
SIZE: Image size in inches is 3 ½ " x 4 ¾ ", overall print size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2 ".
CONDITION: Condition is good. Blank on reverse.
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Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, print, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, NOT blocks of steel or wood. ENGRAVINGS, the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or "engravings" were inserted into the book with a tissue guard frontis, usually on much thicker quality rag stock paper, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone prints.
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