Original 1837 engraving of the Torre Nueva of Saragossa, the Mudejar bell tower raised in 1504 and famous for its lean, demolished in 1892. At the right stands the palace of the Counts of Bureta, pulled down in 1935: the print records two monuments that no longer exist.
Original 1837 engraving of the Torre Nueva of Saragossa, the Mudejar bell tower raised in 1504 and famous for its lean, demolished in 1892. At the right stands the palace of the Counts of Bureta, pulled down in 1935: the print records two monuments that no longer exist.
Drawn by David Roberts (1796-1864) from a sketch by Lieutenant E. Bridge and engraved on steel by Henry Adlard, it was published in London in 1837 by Robert Jennings & Co. in the Biscay and the Castiles volume of Jennings's Landscape Annual (The Tourist in Spain), by Thomas Roscoe.
Medium: Steel engraving, black and white.
Artist / after: David Roberts, from a sketch by Lieutenant E. Bridge, Royal Artillery.
Engraver: Henry Adlard.
Date: 1837.
Source: Jennings's Landscape Annual - The Tourist in Spain: Biscay and the Castiles, by Thomas Roscoe. London, Robert Jennings & Co.
Dimensions: Image 10.0 x 6.3 in (25.5 x 16 cm), height x width.
Condition: Good condition. Mounted on period card with a gilt line border.