Original steel engraving of Biebrich Palace, the residence of the Dukes of Nassau on the bank of the Rhine, seen from the tree-lined walk that skirts it, with riders and strollers in the foreground. Drawn by W. Tombleson and engraved by J. Jackson; trilingual caption in German, English and French, and the imprint London: Black & Armstrong.
Original steel engraving of Biebrich Palace, the residence of the Dukes of Nassau on the bank of the Rhine, seen from the tree-lined walk that skirts it, with riders and strollers in the foreground. Drawn by W. Tombleson and engraved by J. Jackson; trilingual caption in German, English and French, and the imprint London: Black & Armstrong.
It comes from William Tombleson's Views of the Rhine, published in London by Black & Armstrong about 1840 and one of the most widely circulated series of Rhine landscape of the 19th century.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist: William Tombleson.
Engraver: J. Jackson.
Date: About 1840.
Source: Tombleson, Views of the Rhine; London, Black & Armstrong.
Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 in (22.7 x 14.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper, with light toning at the edges.