CASTLE CRAG, BORROWDALE 1840 Joseph Clayton Bentley - Thomas Allom ENGRAVING

Original circa 1840 7 inch x 5 inch Etching and Engraving titled CASTLE CRAG, BORROWDALE, FROM THE VILLAGE OF GRANGE, CUMBERLAND

Engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809 - 1851). Line engraver, aquatinter, landscape painter and watercolourist; came to London in 1832 where he was a pupil of Robert Brandard, engraving plates for the fine art publishers Messrs. Fores and Messrs. Virtue.

From a picture by Thomas Allom (1804 - 1872). Architect, topographical artist, engraver and lithographer. Apprenticed to the architect Francis Goodwin and a student of architecture at the R.A. schools from 1828. A co-founder of the R.I.B.A. who worked with Charles Barry on Highclere and the Houses of Parliament. Travelled widely recording topographical and architectural scenes. He exhibited sixty-five works between 1824 and 1871 at the Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy.

From "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland - Illustrated" from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., with Descriptions by T. Rose.
Published by H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, Newgate Street. 37 Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris

Image size 6 1/8 inch x 3 7/8 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.