Vatopedi Monastry
Mount Athos, Greece
Copper plate engraving
One sheet of paper: 57x82 cm: image 40x75; text 12x75 cm
Paper watermarks: B Gentile; Double headed Eagle 85x70mm and a shield with a quarter moon with a face (?) inside, 85x70 mm. Distance chainlines 36 mm
Condition: no restorations. Slightly irregular inking especially of the text
Here is an intricate engraving of the Eastern Orthodox Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, printed in 1792 in Venice by Antonio Bortoli. Colloquially known as the 'Holy Mountain,' Mount Athos and Vatopedi specifically have been important religious sites for centuries and Vatopedi remains a home for ascetic monks, ancient religious relics, ornate architecture, intricate frescoes, and an important ...
San Francisco
Snow & Co, (1849) 1880 - Reps 340 - chromolitho 32,5x80,5 cm
Excellent condition.
San Francisco, looking from Rincon pont towards telegraph hills, showing the port city and the trading post. 42 ships in the harbour!!! Only four stores and only one hotel. Firks was the first to show San Francisco after the goldrush started in 1848. This is the VII edition of the same print.
Reps: all editions are rare.
