• The back of a square wooden picture frame with a light tan backing board, handwritten notes in the top left, and a brass hanging loop and key attached, resting on a dark wooden surface.
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Antique Print of Lincoln Cathedral, English Steel Engraving

Antique Print of Lincoln Cathedral, English Steel Engraving

$145.00 USD
$145.00 USD
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About This Piece

A crowd of ladies in wide sleeves and gentlemen in tall hats gathers beneath the carved arch of the Lincoln Cathedral porch, small figures that give the architecture its scale. Thomas Allom drew the view for Fisher's series of English county views, and E. Challis cut the plate in steel, a hard metal that holds fine line, visible here in the tracery above the doorway.

Details
Artist
Thomas Allom, engraved by E. Challis
Signature
Signed in the plate. The printed credits "T. Allom" at lower left and "E. Challis" at lower right are part of the engraving. No hand signature.
Medium
Steel engraving on paper, uncoloured
Subject
The entrance porch of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, with figures in 1830s dress gathered beneath the arch
Origin
England
Age
Plate dated 1836. The impression date is not established.
Image Size
6.5 in. W x 4.75 in. H, as seen through the mat window
Frame Size
12.75 in. W x 10.75 in. H
Format
Landscape, rectangular
Frame
Gilt wood frame with a narrow stepped profile, original to the work, with a cream double mat with ruled lines and a gold-toned inner bevel
School or Movement
British topographical illustration. In the early 19th century, publishers such as Fisher sold county-by-county books of engraved views of towns, castles and cathedrals, drawn by artists like Allom and cut onto steel plates. Steel wore down far more slowly than copper, so a plate could print thousands of crisp impressions. The books fed a public eager for picturesque views of England.
Notes
The plate belongs to Fisher, Son & Co.'s county series after Allom, covering Chester, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland and Lincoln, published 1836 to 1837. The same plate also appears in other Fisher publications, so this impression could date from the series itself or from a later issue.
Inscription
A pencil inscription on the backing board, in an unidentified hand, reads "Original Thomas Allom steel engraving, c. 1836, Cathedral south entrance."
Condition

Antique condition consistent with age. The engraving itself is crisp, with clean, even line work across the architecture and figures. The paper shows foxing along the edges. The print remains in its mat and frame, so the margins outside the mat window and the reverse of the sheet are not described here.

The mat is cream with ruled lines and a gold-toned inner bevel. The gilt frame shows minor rubbing and small losses to the gilding at the corners and edges, consistent with age. The backing is pressed board with gummed paper tape along the edges and a wire hanger with two screw eyes. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.

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