Original hand-colored engraving of 1844 with the Nuns Tower, in Austria: the remains of two towers at the water's edge, a broad river with a raft of logs and villagers standing on the rocks. Signed below, W. H. Bartlett at the left and W. Mossman at the right.
Original hand-colored engraving of 1844 with the Nuns Tower, in Austria: the remains of two towers at the water's edge, a broad river with a raft of logs and villagers standing on the rocks. Signed below, W. H. Bartlett at the left and W. Mossman at the right.
William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) was the most widely published topographical draftsman of Victorian England. His views of the Danube were engraved on steel for William Beattie's work on the river, published in London in 1844, the same date lettered on this engraving.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
Engraver / lithographer: W. Mossman
Date: 1844
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 in (27 x 21 cm)
Condition: Good. Mounted in a mat; the paper clean, with the original coloring well preserved and no noticeable stains.