Antique View of the Ruins of Samaria, Holy Land Engraving, circa 1850
€ 195
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
Engraved by Ch. Daumerlang
Publisher
Institut Bibliographique, Paris
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11671-115
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. Several larger brown marks.
About this sheet
A ruin at Samaria in Palestine, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption reads RUINE zu SAMARIA in Palestina, a ruin at Samaria in Palestine.
A round ruined tower with tall pointed arched openings stands on a rocky rise at the center of the plate, with birds wheeling in the sky to its right and a further ruined building on the slope beyond. A great gnarled tree fills the left side. Beneath it a man in a broad hat holding a long gun walks along the path, and two small figures stand by the rocks in the middle distance. Spiky agaves, tall flowering stems and broad-leaved plants grow across the foreground at the right.
The engraver's credit at lower right reads Ch. Daumerlang sc. Nbg. (Ch. Daumerlang engraved it, Nuremberg). The single imprint line below the caption reads Paris: Institut Bibliographique. No artist is named on the sheet.
The sheet carries no Hildburghausen imprint; its only imprint names the Institut Bibliographique in Paris, and that is all the lettering says about where it was issued. The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Samaria was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel.
A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. Several larger brown marks.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
