A 19th-century hand-colored steel engraving of the bridge at Gondo, in the Simplon gorge, crossed by muleteers with laden mules at the foot of the waterfall. Engraved by James Stephenson after the drawing by Myles Birket Foster for Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London.
A 19th-century hand-colored steel engraving of the bridge at Gondo, in the Simplon gorge, crossed by muleteers with laden mules at the foot of the waterfall. Engraved by James Stephenson after the drawing by Myles Birket Foster for Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London.
Medium: steel engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)
Engraver: James Stephenson (1808-1886)
Date: 19th century
Source: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.4 x 7.6 in (26.5 x 19.2 cm)
Condition: good; lower margin lightly rubbed, not affecting the image