LUMLEY CASTLE Antique Hand Colored Framed Book Etching Print ALLOM / SANDS 1832

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Lumley Castle, Durham T. Allom (artist) / J. Sands (engraver) Lumley Castle, Chester-Le-Street, DH3 4NX Durham, United Kingdom 11 miles south of Newcastle, 8 miles north of Durham "VG ANTIQUARIAN PRINTS. This etching is guaranteed to be genuine and over 100 years old. It is hand coloured" (per label on back) Antique engraved, hand colored antique print / etching / printed 1832 "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland"; from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., with Descriptions by T. Rose, Published by H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, London . Please note that virtually all antique and vintage maps and prints have been extracted from books, atlases or newspapers. Custom Framed by Frame It Yourself & Gallery 8744 Cooper Road, Alexandria, VA. I would guess that this print has been framed 25 years or so at least. Business at this location is now: Alexandria Picture Framing Company & Old Mill Gallery 11 1/2" x 9 1/2" framed 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 etching / engraving / print Double matting Custom framed (a long while ago) Ready to hang (or ready to re-frame, the matting could be re-used if desired) The etching and matting are in excellent condition. The frame is scuffed here and there. See photos. Thomas Allom British 1804 - 1872 Thomas Allom was an English artist, topographical illustrator and architect, and one of the founder members of what eventually became the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). He was born in Lambeth, south London, the son of a coachman from Suffolk. In 1819, he was apprenticed to architect Francis Goodwin for whom he worked until 1826. He then studied at the Royal Academy School. His designs for churches shown at exhibitions in 1824 and 1827 aroused considerable interest, and he later designed many buildings in London (including a workhouse in Marloes Road, Kensington (1847), the Church of Christ in Highbury in 1850, the Church of St Peter in Notting Hill in 1856, and the elegant Ladbroke Estate in west London). Further afield his works included workhouses at Calne, Wiltshire (1847) and in Liverpool, design of the William Brown Library, also in Liverpool, (1857-1860), and the tower of the church of Basford St. Leodegarius, near Nottingham (1860). He also worked with Sir Charles Barry on numerous projects, including the Houses of Parliament and the remodelling of Highclere Castle. However, Allom is known chiefly for his numerous topographical works, which were used to illustrate books on travel. From the 1820s onwards, he traveled extensively throughout the UK and mainland Europe. In 1834 he arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, and produced hundreds of drawings during journeys through Anatolia, Syria and Palestine. The results of this expedition were published in 1838 in Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor published in two volumes with text by Robert Walsh. Emily Reeve's Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, published in London in 1840, was also illustrated with engravings by Allom. He is also remembered for numerous illustrations of China, published in China Illustrated in 1845. Allom suffered from a heart condition in his later years, and although he only retired in 1870, his artistic and architectural output slowed during the 1860s. He designed Holy Trinity Church, Castelnau (in south west London) in 1868 – his local church to which he contributed £50 towards the cost of construction. In 1865 he was commissioned to design a mausoleum for former MP George Dodd in West Norwood Cemetery. Dodd, who died on 15 December 1854, was one of the Gentlemen of Her Majesty's privy chamber from 1844, and MP for Maidstone from 29 June 1841 to May 1853. Allom died aged 68 in Barnes, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Collections Allom is represented in the following collections: Tate Gallery, London; Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Library of Australia, Canberra; Indianapolis Museum of Arts, Indiana; Christchurch Art Galle... read more

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