Views of Malta
The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
(English periodical published in London from 1842
to the end of the Nineteenth Century)
“Views of Malta”
Set of four original woodcuts from the english periodical “The Illustrated London News”, published in London on March 1854, October 1867, November 1868 and October 1847.
Three prints are full page and one is a fragment as you can see by the pictures.
All of it have the printed text on the back side as usual and are in very good condition.
The subjects are as follow:
Malta Valetta from the Quarantine harbour (full page)
Malta The port of Valetta from the front of the lazaretto (half page)
Royal Naval prison Malta – The new Dock at Malta (full page)
Phoenician ruins in Malta – recess in Phoenician ruins in Malta (full page)
References:
Houfe “The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators” Woodbridge 1996 pag.26. (for The Illustrated London News)
Size in mm: 285 x 405, 190 x 270, 405 x 285, 400 x 283
Price: € 120,00 the set of four
