The Simplon, Alps - Steel Engraving by E. Finden - Byron, Murray 1832

Original steel engraving of the Simplon pass in the Alps, with the hamlet and the hospice at the head of the valley among great masses of rock. Drawn by Henry Gastineau and engraved by Edward Finden, published in London on 1 June 1832 by John Murray.

From the series of landscape illustrations engraved by the Finden brothers for Murray's edition of the life and works of Lord Byron, one of the most widely circulated collections of English Romantic prints of the period.

Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Henry Gastineau
Engraver: Edward Finden
Source: London, John Murray, 1 June 1832 (sold by C. Tilt, 86 Fleet Street)
Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.5 in (28.7 x 21.5 cm)
Condition: Mounted on card; slight foxing in the margins, outside the image, which is clean and very finely printed