R317a Ehrenbreitstein state: epc cvh0129
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| Rawlinson No: R317a | Print Title: Ehrenbreitstein | Engraver: Pye, John |
| Catalogue Link: https://archive.org/details/engravedworkofj02rawliala/page/220/mode/2up | ||
Impression data
| Sheet HxW mm: 306x440 | Plate Mark HxW mm: 127x192 | Image HxW mm: 70x108 |
| State: epc | Accession No.: cvh0129 | |
| Collection: CVH | ||
Text on impression
| Engraver line: John Pye 1828{Ital} | Position: blc | ||
| Other printed mark: "Here Ehrenbreitstein with her shattered wall"¦_________, upon her height¦ "Yet shows of what she was, when shell and ball¦ "Rebounding idly on her strength did light:¦ "A tower of victory! from when the flight¦ "Of baffled foes was watch'd along the plain¦ "But Peace destroy'd* what War could never blight,¦ "And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain __¦ "On which the iron shower for years had pour'd in vain,"¦ Childe Harold Canto III¦¦ *It was blown up by the French at the truce of Leoben{Ital} | Position: printed from a separate plate under the image | ||
| Publication date: 1828 | |
| Inscriptions: "To [.] Goodall Esq with Mr John Pye's Complts" J .C. Taylor. CM221 |
Image data
| Image no.: R317a_epc_cvh_cvh0129_PM | |
| Provenance: To [.] Goodall Esq with Mr John Pye's Complts; J .C. Taylor.; CM221 | |