Antique Spanish View of Segovia with its Aqueduct, Engraving, circa 1850

About this sheet

A prospect of the city of Segovia in Castile, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption beneath the image reads SEGOVIA IN SPANIEN, in English Segovia in Spain.

The city lies along its ridge with the cathedral tower rising at the center of the skyline, a tall square tower at the left and snow-capped mountains beyond. The long arcade of the Roman aqueduct crosses the middle distance from the center toward the right among the houses. A large oval walled bullring fills the middle ground beside a church with a spire, horsemen ride up the track in the foreground, and small figures walk on the road at the left below a tower.

No artist or engraver is named on the sheet. Below the caption, the imprint at the left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Inst. in Hildbh. (from the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen), and at the right Eigenthum d. Verleger (property of the publishers). The plate number CCCLXVIIII is engraved at the top right, above the image.

The imprint is that of Meyer's Universum, a serial collection of engraved views with descriptive text, published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen from 1833, its plates engraved on steel. The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. The Roman aqueduct of Segovia still crosses the city.

Handling soiling along the bottom, left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin.

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.