Original copper engraving titled View of an Iron Mine, made in 1785 by Heath after a drawing by Conrad Martin Metz. A view of the inside of a mine gallery with the workmen laboring by firelight and the extraction baskets hanging above.
Original copper engraving titled View of an Iron Mine, made in 1785 by Heath after a drawing by Conrad Martin Metz. A view of the inside of a mine gallery with the workmen laboring by firelight and the extraction baskets hanging above.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Conrad Martin Metz (1749-1827).
Engraver: Heath.
Date: 1785.
Dimensions: 6.3 x 7.9 in (16 x 20 cm).
Condition: Good; browned paper and a few isolated marks in the margins.