Description: LOCH AWE (Argyllshire) Artist: T. Allom ____________ Engraver: T. Barber Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE 19th CENTURY DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE & TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS LIKE THIS !! PRINT DATE: This lithograph was printed by George Virtue & co. of London in 1836; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 10 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches including white borders, actual scene is 4 1/2 inches by 7 1/4 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail unless otherwise specified. Details on payment will be in an email after auction closes. THIS PRINT IS FROM THE LATE 1830s & IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION IN ANY WAY! ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF PRINT: We now proceed to a survey of the beautiful Loch-awe, whose isle-bestudded bosom and castellated banks give it a just precedence over its surrounding competitors. History and tradition have both united to throw a charm over the scene; the records of war and the wonder-working spirit of romance, have combined to infuse a spell into all its varied features. Its islands, floating like buoyant gardens on the sunny water, have each some relic of ancient times some stirring tradition to engage the feelings or enliven the fancy. On one of these, religion has left the pleasing evidence of its reign-the remains of a secluded sanctuary, to which the disconsolate repaired for solace, the persecuted for refuge, the tempted for fortitude, the forsaken for comfort, the faltering for the gifts of renewing grace, and all of them, in their turn, for that untroubled repose - the island to which we allude, is the poetical Inishail, or the "Isle of beauty;" and the deserted sanctuary, that of a Cistercian nunnery, where the silent victim of unrequited love sought consolation in the soothing arms of religion. BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST AND HISTORY OF THIS PRINT: Thomas Allom, painter and architect, (1804-1872) was born in London, England on 13th March 1804. He was articled to Francis Goodwin, an architect in 1819. He was to become a founder member of the R.I.B.A. (Royal Institute of British Architects - which is still the premier institution today). He is best know for his topographical drawings, so many of which were engraved on steel & appeared in many of the travel books of the time. He travelled extensively, not just in the UK & Europe, but further afield, covering such countries as Turkey & China. Collections of his work can be found in the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Allom worked mostly for the Fisher, Son & Co. publishing house of London, but during the late 1830s completed several sketches of the landscape and architecture scenery of Scotland for publisher George Virtue & Co. Allom traveled throughout the Scottish countryside, visiting the cities, towns and parishes, lochs and glens; recording with paint and brush the scenic views of the country. His works of Scotland are all dated between 1834-1838. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, etching, heliogravure, lithograph, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, and NOT blocks of steel or wood. "ENGRAVINGS" is the term commonly used for these paper prints that were created from a master plate, and were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books. These paper prints or "engravings" were inserted into the book with a tissue guard or onion skin frontis to protect them from transferring the image to the opposite page. These prints were usually on much thicker quality woven rag stock paper, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone lithographs. So this auction is for an antique paper print(s), probably from an old book, of very high quality and usually on very thick rag stock paper. A NOSTALGIC VIEW OF SCOTTISH SCENERY !
Price: 8.49 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-16T21:08:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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