Brunnenburg Ruins, Merano, South Tyrol - Hand-Colored Engraving - 1875

Antique original engraving, hand-colored, with the ruins of Brunnenburg castle above Merano, commanding the Adige valley in the South Tyrol. Cut by T. Heawood after a painting by E. T. Compton and published in London by Cassell & Company.

Edward Theodore Compton (1849-1921), an English painter settled in Bavaria and a mountaineer himself, was one of the great illustrators of the European high mountains, and a good part of the engraved Alpine views of the late 19th century came from his hand.

Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: E. T. Compton.
Engraver: T. Heawood.
Date: 1875.
Source: Cassell & Company, Limited, London.
Dimensions: Image 6.2 x 9.3 in (15.8 x 23.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins and light specks of foxing in the upper margin.