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THUBARE
Artist: S. Austin ____________ Engraver: William Miller |
Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving
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AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING MADE IN THE EARLY 1840s !! ITEM IS OVER 150 YEARS OLD!
VERY OLD WORLD! INCREDIBLE DETAIL!
FROM THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: The view, on steaming from Suez, is picturesque. Instead of the desert which has just been quitted, Mount Sinai is seen, attractive in itself, and much more so from the holy associations connected with it. Other hills and mountains are also seen on the Arabian shore. The G-ulf of Suez is twenty-eight miles in length, and ridoes of table-land rise on both sides, to the height of near 3,000 feet. It terminates at the extremity of the peninsula of Sinai, where the Gulf of Akabah joins it; and from thence to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, the united mass of waters is called the Red Sea, or Sea of Edom. This sea, 1,280 miles long, 200 miles broad, having a depth of 400 feet, and containing 800,000 cubic miles, receives no river, and is covered with sunken rocks, sand-banks, and small islands, rendering the navigation very intricate and dangerous. Many of the rocks are coral reefs; and from those reefs, or from the blood-red hue frequently imparted to the waters by animalculae, the name is supposed to have been derived. The principal chain of mountains in Arabia runs nearly parallel with the east shore; and they increase in elevation as they extend inland. From the decks of the passing vessels, this everchanging mountain scenery is very grand; but nothing can be more desolate and dreary than the shore itself. The monsoons continually prevail in this sea; the south-west monsoon for eight months, and the north-west for four. The heat is intense; and the passage from Suez to Aden, which occupies eight days, is the most trying to the passengers, and deaths are not unfrequent. In the 1,300 miles, very few towns are seen. Thubare and El Wuish are two small harbours at the upper part of the sea, on the Arabian coast; beyond which, the mountains rise in lofty magnificence. Native vessels, conveying goods, and others with fishermen, are seen off the ports. On the African side is Gosseir, where passengers are taken up; and lower down, on the Asiatic bank, eddah, where the pilgrims disembark, on their way to Mecca and Medina-a place rendered notorious by the wanton massacre of the French consul there, with other Europeans, in 1858; for which a speedy vengeance was taken by Captain Pullen, in her majesty's frigate Cyclops. As the steamer nears the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, the town of Mocha, so famous for its coffee, can be distinctly seen.
SIZE: Image size is 5 inches by 7 1/2 inches. Print size is 7 inches by 10 inches.
CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. 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. So this auction is for an antique paper print(s), probably from an old book, of very high quality and usually on very thick rag stock paper.
EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS EXCELLENT CONDITION!
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