Antique Wheeling Virginia View, Suspension Bridge, Ohio River, Meyer c.1850

Religion · 19th century

Antique Wheeling Virginia View, Suspension Bridge, Ohio River, Meyer c.1850

€ 215

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1850
Sheet size: 14.3 × 23 cm (5.6 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14038-131

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

Good condition, with light overall toning and some scattered age-related spotting in the margins. Plate mark visible. The image itself remains clean, with strong contrast and fine engraved detail.

About this sheet

Wheeling on the Ohio River, an original steel engraving of about 1850 from Meyer's Universum, lettered "Wheeling in Virginia". The Bibliographisches Institut imprint appears in the lower margin, and the sheet is printed in black on cream paper with wide margins.

The view is taken from a wooded hillside above the town. In the foreground a stagecoach drawn by horses climbs a road at the left, while tall trees with trailing vines frame the scene on both sides. Below, the town spreads down to the river in clustered roofs, with smoke rising from works at the upper left. The long span of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge crosses the Ohio in the middle distance, a steamboat lies beside it, and low wooded hills close the horizon.

The bridge was completed in 1849. The title places Wheeling in Virginia, as it was until West Virginia was formed during the Civil War, and the town was also the western end of the National Road.