Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with a view of the Gulf of Venice: a bell tower and a dome above the water, fishing boats and mountains beyond. Engraved on steel by Robert Wallis after a work by the marine painter Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.
Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with a view of the Gulf of Venice: a bell tower and a dome above the water, fishing boats and mountains beyond. Engraved on steel by Robert Wallis after a work by the marine painter Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.
At the foot appear C. Stanfield R.A. painter, R. Wallis engraver and the printer R. Holdgate. Stanfield (1793-1867) was the most respected marine painter of his generation in England, and Robert Wallis (1794-1878) one of Turner's regular engravers.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867).
Engraver: Robert William Wallis (1794-1878).
Date: 19th century.
Source: Printed by R. Holdgate, London.
Dimensions: Image 6.9 x 10.1 in (17.6 x 25.6 cm).
Condition: Sound; light spots of foxing in the white margins.