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The Holy Land
Tombs of the Kings near Jerusalem, Antique Rock Cut Facade View, circa 1850
Anno Domini MDCCCLcirca 1850
£205
$275 · €245
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, flat or rolled, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- circa 1850
- Technique
- Steel Engraving
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Handling soiling along the left edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. One larger brown mark.
- Faith
- Christianity, Judaism
- Collection
- The Holy Land
- Era
- 1850 and after, Chromolithographs and devotional prints
- Stock no.
- BG-11671-97
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.
The Tombs of the Kings near Jerusalem, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption reads DIE GRÆBER DER KŒNIGE bey Jerusalem, the Tombs of the Kings near Jerusalem.
The rock-cut entrance fills the center of the plate, a dark opening beneath a carved frieze cut into the cliff face, with creepers and shrubs hanging over the rock above and at the left. A tall palm rises at the right among broad-leaved plants. In the foreground three robed and turbaned men sit among broken stones beside a carved stone slab, one of them holding a long staff upright, and two more figures recline in the shade at the right of the entrance.
The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Instit. 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 CXXX 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. The monument long called the Tombs of the Kings is the rock-cut tomb of Queen Helena of Adiabene, of the first century AD, north of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Handling soiling along the left edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. 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.
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