Ruins of the Brunnenburg near Meran, South Tyrol after E.T. Compton, circa 1878
€ 320
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1878
Mapmaker / artist
E.T. Compton (artist), T. Heawood (engraver)
Publisher
Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London
Technique
Steel engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13194-23
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
Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
About this sheet
A wide Alpine view from a wooded hillside above the Adige valley. On a rocky spur at left stand the broken walls and square keep of the Brunnenburg, half wrapped in trees, with a chalet roof just below. The ground falls away to the broad, cultivated valley floor, threaded by a winding river, and beyond rise long mountain ranges with clouds drifting over the peaks. In the foreground a herdsman drives cattle along a stony track, and dark firs crown the slope at right, with a sheer rock face rising behind them.
The lettered title reads "Ruins of the Brunnenburg near Meran, South Tyrol." The castle stands above the town of Merano (Meran), in what is now the Italian province of South Tyrol. The view was drawn by E.T. Compton (Edward Theodore Compton, 1849 to 1921), the English-born landscape painter who settled in Bavaria and became known for his mountain subjects, and it was engraved on steel by T. Heawood. The plate carries the imprint of Cassell, Petter and Galpin of London and belongs to their Picturesque Europe, issued in parts and volumes in the later 1870s.
This is a steel engraving, finely cut, with the dense hatching of the trees and rocks giving way to delicate, open work in the sky and the far mountains.
A strong choice for anyone with ties to the Tyrol or the Alps, and it would sit well in a hallway or study in a narrow black or dark wood frame.
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.
