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Engraving

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12584

Description

Black and white engraving of a view of a medieval(?) town in the background and landscape in the foreground. Mounted on top of a mat board, under glass. Plain wooden frame painted black. Backed with a wooden panel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Medievalism
scenes (depictions)
towns
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Stipple Engraved
Town Scene
Scenic
Landscape
Medievalism
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14.375 x 18.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1718

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