Cork Convent, Sintra, Portugal - Original Engraving by E. Finden - 1832
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Cork Convent, Sintra, Portugal - Original Engraving by E. Finden - 1832

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Original engraving of 1832 with a view of the Cork Convent, the Convento dos Capuchos, in the hills of Sintra (Cintra), Portugal. Engraved with the burin by Edward Finden after a drawing by Clarkson Stanfield, itself taken from a sketch by Captain Elliot.

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Original engraving of 1832 with a view of the Cork Convent, the Convento dos Capuchos, in the hills of Sintra (Cintra), Portugal. Engraved with the burin by Edward Finden after a drawing by Clarkson Stanfield, itself taken from a sketch by Captain Elliot.

From the Landscape Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron, which the Finden brothers engraved for the publisher John Murray between 1832 and 1834. The convent, cut into the rock and lined with cork, is one of the places Byron remembered from his stay at Sintra.

Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Clarkson Stanfield, after a sketch by Captain Elliot
Engraver: Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857)
Date: 1832
Source: Published in London by J. Murray and sold by C. Tilt, 86 Fleet Street
Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.4 in (22.2 x 13.7 cm)
Condition: Good; paper with slight toning and small scattered stains in the margins, away from the image

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