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The Holy Land
Hebron and the Tomb of Abraham, Antique View with Minarets, circa 1850
Anno Domini MDCCCLcirca 1850
€275
$310 · £235
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- circa 1850
- Technique
- Steel Engraving
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the bottom. Several larger brown marks.
- Faith
- Christianity, Judaism
- Collection
- The Holy Land
- Era
- 1850 and after, Chromolithographs and devotional prints
- Stock no.
- BG-11671-90
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.
Hebron with the enclosure over the Tomb of Abraham, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption reads HEBRON UND ABRAHAMS GRAB (Palestina), Hebron and the Tomb of Abraham, Palestine.
The great walled enclosure stands at the center of the plate, with two tall minarets rising above it, the one at the right with a gallery and a small dome. A low domed building and a square block stand before it at the left, and the white houses of the town climb the slope at the right toward the hills. In the foreground a group of robed and turbaned men stands talking at the left, others sit on a ruined arched wall, and two more figures come down a path from the enclosure.
The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. 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 CC is engraved at the top right of the image. No artist or engraver is named on the sheet.
The Hildburghausen 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. Jewish, Christian and Muslim tradition all place the burial of Abraham in the Cave of Machpelah at Hebron, over which this enclosure stands.
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the bottom. Several larger brown marks.
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.
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