Carmelite Convent Ruins, Burgos - Hand-Colored Roberts Engraving - 1835
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Original 1835 steel engraving with hand coloring showing the ruins of the convent of the Discalced Carmelites at Burgos: the great doorway beneath a stone reredos full of niches, overrun by scrub. Engraved title: Ruins of the convent of the Carmelites, at Burgos.
Original 1835 steel engraving with hand coloring showing the ruins of the convent of the Discalced Carmelites at Burgos: the great doorway beneath a stone reredos full of niches, overrun by scrub. Engraved title: Ruins of the convent of the Carmelites, at Burgos.
David Roberts traveled through Spain in 1832-1833 and drew many such buildings shortly after the Peninsular War and on the eve of the disentailment; much of what he recorded later disappeared, which gives his prints added documentary value.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: David Roberts (1796-1864).
Engraver: J. Carter.
Date: 1835.
Source: Published in London by Robert Jennings & Co., 62 Cheapside.
Dimensions: Image 5.4 x 3.9 in (13.7 x 10 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins; paper slightly toned and one foxing spot in the upper area.
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Original 1835 steel engraving with hand coloring showing the ruins of the convent of the Discalced Carmelites at Burgos: the great doorway beneath a stone reredos full of niches, overrun by scrub. Engraved title: Ruins of the convent of the Carmelites, at Burgos.