EAMONT BRIDGE, FROM THE WESTMORLAND SIDE 1858 Thomas Allom ANTIQUE ENGRAVING

Original 1858 10 1/2 inch x 8 inch Engraving titled EAMONT BRIDGE, FROM THE WESTMORLAND SIDE
A coach-and-four crossing the bridge, trees, cottages and washerwomen in the foreground.

Engraved by William Taylor

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 by The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited

From “British Switzerland or Picturesque Rambles in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland”

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

The engraving is in very good condition.