Original steel engraving of Churburg Castle perched above the Upper Adige valley among the mountains, with an ox cart on the road in the foreground. The title lettered below the image reads CURBURG.
Original steel engraving of Churburg Castle perched above the Upper Adige valley among the mountains, with an ox cart on the road in the foreground. The title lettered below the image reads CURBURG.
Like the view of Naudersberg, it comes from the Tyrolean sketches of Johanna von Isser, née Großrubatscher. The castle, Castel Coira, stands at Sluderno in South Tyrol, today Italian territory.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Johanna von Isser, née Großrubatscher
Engraver / lithographer: S. Lacey
Date: circa 1840
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.9 x 3.8 in (15 x 9.6 cm); sheet 9.8 x 8.1 in (25 x 20.5 cm)
Condition: Good. Mounted in a mat.