Retailer LOUVAIN, LEUVEN, BELGIUM Ernest George original etching antique print 1880

LOUVAIN

Etched by Sir Ernest George

Published by retailer Macmillan, London 1880 in "Etching and Etchers" by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

A finely crafted original 19th century etching of Louvain or Leuven, Belgium.

Titled and signed in the plate.

Hamerton used examples from the very finest etchers of the day to illustrate his definitive work on the art form.

Fine, clean condition, free of repairs or restoration.

A crisp, dark impression printed on robust hand laid paper, blank verso.

Approx. 9" x 7" (230mm x 170mm) to the platemark with wide margins beyond.

Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) was a highly successful painter, etcher and architect born in Southwark, London.

He exhibited widely in London and elsewhere in England and Scotland, including The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers

and the prestigious Royal Academy.

He traveled widely in Europe and produced a substantial catalogue of architectural etchings of subjects in France, Belgium, Germany and Italy.

He was knighted in 1912.

A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 140 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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