Liverpool from the Mersey Shore with Sailing Boats, Steel Engraving, circa 1850
€ 225
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
After Reiss
Publisher
Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11671-46
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
Even age toning. Handling soiling along the left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the right. One larger brown mark.
About this sheet
Liverpool on the River Mersey, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption below the image reads LIVERPOOL.
The view is taken from the shore. A tall house with smoking chimneys stands on the bank at the left, and beyond it the waterfront of the town stretches into the distance with rows of buildings, a spire, a windmill and the masts of shipping. In the foreground a group of men and women stands talking beside a horse cart loaded with a barrel, while two men in hats talk near the water's edge with baskets and a boat at their feet. On the right several sailing boats packed with passengers cross the river, and further out a steamer trails smoke from its tall funnel beside a two-masted sailing ship.
The draftsman's credit at lower left, just below the image, reads "Reiss del."; the initial before the name is too faint to read. The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh. (from the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen), and at lower right Eigenthum d. Verleger (property of the publishers). The plate number CCCCLXVIII is engraved at the top right.
The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Meyer's Universum was 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. Liverpool stands on the east bank of the Mersey estuary, and its docks made it one of the great ports of Britain in the nineteenth century.
Even age toning. Handling soiling along the left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the right. One larger brown mark.
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.
