Original hand-colored engraving with the town of Laufenburg above the rapids of the Rhine, between Aargau, Switzerland, and Baden, Germany. Drawn by Birket Foster and engraved by Edward Paxman Brandard. Titled "Lauffenberg" below, with the publisher's mark of Cassell, Petter & Galpin.
Original hand-colored engraving with the town of Laufenburg above the rapids of the Rhine, between Aargau, Switzerland, and Baden, Germany. Drawn by Birket Foster and engraved by Edward Paxman Brandard. Titled "Lauffenberg" below, with the publisher's mark of Cassell, Petter & Galpin.
From the continental views of Picturesque Europe, the great series of steel engravings published by Cassell in London in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Birket Foster (1825-1899).
Engraver: Edward Paxman Brandard (1819-1898).
Date: 1875.
Source: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London.
Dimensions: 9.3 x 12.3 in (23.5 x 31.3 cm).
Condition: Good, with a few very light damp spots in the margins.