Coldbrook Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales - Hand-Colored Engraving - 1831
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Antique original 1831 engraving, hand-colored, with a view of Coldbrook Vale in Monmouthshire, Wales: an ironworks with smoking chimneys at the river's edge, the stone bridge and the spoil heaps behind. Drawn by H. Gastineau and engraved by H. W. Bond.
Antique original 1831 engraving, hand-colored, with a view of Coldbrook Vale in Monmouthshire, Wales: an ironworks with smoking chimneys at the river's edge, the stone bridge and the spoil heaps behind. Drawn by H. Gastineau and engraved by H. W. Bond.
It is one of the few Romantic views documenting the Welsh iron industry at its start, with the landscape already transformed by the blast furnaces. Henry Gastineau (1791-1876) traveled Wales county by county for the series of views that carried his work throughout Great Britain.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: H. Gastineau.
Engraver: H. W. Bond.
Date: 1831.
Dimensions: Image 3.5 x 5.7 in (9 x 14.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins and light toning of the paper.
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Antique original 1831 engraving, hand-colored, with a view of Coldbrook Vale in Monmouthshire, Wales: an ironworks with smoking chimneys at the river's edge, the stone bridge and the spoil heaps behind. Drawn by H. Gastineau and engraved by H. W. Bond.