Original 1832 engraving with the convent of Vallombrosa, a Benedictine abbey in the Tuscan Apennines, among beech and fir woods and beneath the line of the mountains. Drawn by James Duffield Harding and engraved on steel by J. Henshall.
Original 1832 engraving with the convent of Vallombrosa, a Benedictine abbey in the Tuscan Apennines, among beech and fir woods and beneath the line of the mountains. Drawn by James Duffield Harding and engraved on steel by J. Henshall.
Published in London by Jennings & Chaplin on 26 October 1832 for The Landscape Annual (The Tourist in Italy), Harding's series of Italian views. The abbey was founded about 1038 by the Florentine nobleman Giovanni Gualberto and gave rise to the Vallumbrosan order.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: James Duffield Harding (1798-1863).
Engraver: J. Henshall.
Date: 1832.
Source: The Landscape Annual, The Tourist in Italy (Jennings & Chaplin, London).
Dimensions: Image 3.8 x 5.5 in (9.7 x 14 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper, full margins with the imprint.