Ruins of Hierapolis, now Pambouk Kalessi, Antique View, circa 1850
€ 210
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
Thomas Allom
Publisher
Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son and Co., The Caxton Press, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Sheet size
21 × 27 cm (8.3 × 10.6 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14186-2-35
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 bottom, left and right edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
This original antique steel engraving, Ruins of Hierapolis, now Pambouk Kalessi, is a plate from the second volume of The Turkish Empire Illustrated, published in London by Peter Jackson about 1850. The sheet shows the white terraces of Pamukkale falling away below the ruins of Hierapolis, the petrified cascades catching the light, fallen columns and sarcophagi scattered over the plateau and travelers with horses picking their way among them.
This sheet was published in London about 1850 by Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son and Company, in volume two of The Turkish Empire Illustrated. Thomas Allom traveled through Constantinople and Asia Minor making the original drawings, and Robert Walsh, who had served as embassy chaplain at the Porte, wrote the letterpress that accompanies them. The volume's own printed list of plates names this subject in the order the sheets were bound.
Pambouk Kalessi, the cotton castle, is the travertine terrace of Pamukkale, now one of the best known natural sites in Turkey and a World Heritage site. Allom drew it when few European travelers had seen it. Each plate in the series carries the draftsman at the lower left and the engraver at the lower right, printed inside the plate mark, with the English title in script below and a French translation beneath it on most sheets, which is how the publisher sold the work on both sides of the Channel. The tonal gradation is the work of the burin alone, with no aquatint or added wash. Framed in gilt or in plain polished wood it suits a study, a library or a dining room, and it sits easily beside maps, marine prints and other nineteenth century travel material.
Even age toning. Handling soiling along the bottom, left and right edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.
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.
