Convent of Santa Trinita - Original Hand-Colored Harding Engraving
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Convent of Santa Trinita - Original Hand-Colored Harding Engraving

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Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with the convent of Santa Trinita raised above the ravine, among olive groves and rock, and the sierra beyond. Drawn by James Duffield Harding and engraved by Thomas Jeavons. Printed on China paper applied chine collé.

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Original 19th century engraving, hand-colored, with the convent of Santa Trinita raised above the ravine, among olive groves and rock, and the sierra beyond. Drawn by James Duffield Harding and engraved by Thomas Jeavons. Printed on China paper applied chine collé.

It comes from the Landscape Annual (The Tourist in Italy), the series of Italian views illustrated by Harding. China paper, finer and warmer in tone, was reserved for the better quality printings and gives the print a softer tonality than ordinary paper.

Medium: Steel engraving on China paper, chine collé, hand-colored.
Artist / after: James Duffield Harding (1798-1863).
Engraver: Thomas Jeavons (1795-1867).
Date: 1833.
Source: The Landscape Annual, The Tourist in Italy.
Dimensions: Image 5.5 x 3.9 in (14 x 10 cm).
Condition: Good, with the period coloring well preserved. The sheet is trimmed just below the signatures at the foot and does not keep the line of the printed title.

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