An original 1832 steel engraving of the Wengen Alps, in the Bernese Oberland: the glacier and snow-capped peaks above a small alpine hamlet with cattle. Drawn by James Duffield Harding after a sketch by Charles Joseph Hullmandel and engraved by Edward Francis Finden.
An original 1832 steel engraving of the Wengen Alps, in the Bernese Oberland: the glacier and snow-capped peaks above a small alpine hamlet with cattle. Drawn by James Duffield Harding after a sketch by Charles Joseph Hullmandel and engraved by Edward Francis Finden.
Published in London by John Murray, Albemarle Street. Hullmandel, who signs the sketch from nature here, introduced artistic lithography into England and was a central figure in British printmaking of the first half of the 19th century.
Medium: steel engraving, black and white
Artist / after: James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), after a sketch by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850)
Engraver: Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857)
Date: 1832
Source: London, John Murray, Albemarle Street
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.1 x 7 in (23.1 x 17.7 cm)
Condition: good general condition; foxing in the upper right margin