LINMOUTH, NORTH DEVON 1832 Joseph Clayton Bentley - Thomas Allom ENGRAVING

Original 1832 11 inch x 8 3/8 inch Engraving titled LINMOUTH, NORTH DEVON
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor.

Engraved by Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809–1851). Joseph Clayton Bentley was an English line-engraver and painter. Bentley was born at Bradford, Yorkshire. He began his artistic career as a landscape-painter, but in 1832 he went to London where he studied engraving under Robert Brandard.

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.

Published in 1832 by Fisher, Son & Co., London

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

The engraving is in very good condition with minor foxing. Reverse side blank.