View of Plasencia, Caceres - Hand-Colored 19th Century Steel Engraving

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Original 19th century steel engraving, hand-colored, with the general view of Plasencia (Caceres): the town packed above the valley of … Read more Original 19th century steel engraving, hand-colored, with the general view of Plasencia (Caceres): the town packed above the valley of the Jerte, the cathedral among the houses, the walled enceinte and, at the left, the arches of the San Anton aqueduct.

Titled at the foot Placencia (Spanien), it came from the Kunstanstalt of the Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen, the German house that published Meyer's Universum, one of the most widely circulated collections of steel-engraved views of the mid-19th century.

Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Date: 19th century.
Source: Kunstanstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen (Germany).
Dimensions: Image 3.9 x 5.8 in (10 x 14.7 cm), height x width.
Condition: Good condition. Mounted on period card with a gilt line border. See less