1845
* * * Entrance to the Port of Marseilles* * *
original steel engraving by
Arthur Willmore
(1814-1888)
after the original painting by
Thomas Allom
(1804-1872))
Allom also worked as an architect, but was known for his many illustrations for travel books from the 1830s-1840s.
from
France Illustrated
London, 1845
The sheet of paper measures 8" x 10 1/4,", with the actual dimensions of the landscape engraving being 5" x 7 1/2."
There is nothing printed on the reverse. The engraving is in great condition: a fine sharp image.
NOTE: Identical examples of this work are in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art,
and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
This was purchased by me about thirty years ago, probably at Brimfield.
My family has been in the antiques and design business since 1955!