Original 19th-century engraving with the West Cliff of Ramsgate (Kent, England): the boats drawn up beside the pier and, above the cliff, the promenade with the season's lodging houses. A small-format view of the kind that illustrated the English watering-place guides of the middle of the century.
Original 19th-century engraving with the West Cliff of Ramsgate (Kent, England): the boats drawn up beside the pier and, above the cliff, the promenade with the season's lodging houses. A small-format view of the kind that illustrated the English watering-place guides of the middle of the century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: about 1845.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.9 in (21.5 x 12.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Wide clean margins, with light toning and a soft crease at the lower left corner.