EPHESUS

Original 1863 14 1/8 inch x 10 inch Etching and Engraving titled EPHESUS

View of the ruins in Ephesus, with some figures sitting in tent in the centre foreground, others at steps on the right, camels walking in line behind, mountains in the background.

Engraved by Arthur Willmore (1814 – 1888).

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 James Virtue, London

The engraving is in very good condition.