Original nineteenth-century steel engraving, "Waiting for the Ferry", engraved by William Chevalier after a composition by Aelbert Cuyp and published in London by George Virtue. A broad river landscape with shepherds, sheep and horses in the foreground and a town on the rise beyond.
Original nineteenth-century steel engraving, "Waiting for the Ferry", engraved by William Chevalier after a composition by Aelbert Cuyp and published in London by George Virtue. A broad river landscape with shepherds, sheep and horses in the foreground and a town on the rise beyond.
Medium: Steel engraving on wove paper
Artist / after: Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691), original composition
Engraver: William Chevalier (1804-1866)
Date: 1834
Source: Published in London by George Virtue
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.7 x 4.1 in (17 x 10.4 cm); sheet 10.8 x 8.1 in (27.4 x 20.5 cm)
Condition: Good overall, with wide margins and a few isolated damp spots in the paper; the image itself clean.