LEBANON Mountains Above Holy Valley

Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: 1836 Artist - Publisher: W.H. Bartlett - Fisher, Son & Co, London, Paris Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). When I received this print, it was in a very poor shape, like the one (not included) from the same series, shown in the last photo (at a reduced scale). Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, (20 x 26 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green border around the print is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. 3. The map (not included) shows the approximate location of the spot shown in the engraving. Original Narrative: This is Lebanon, in her wild and imperishable glory : solitary, her multitudes passed away, there is no voice in the air, save that of the eagle What a prodigal luxury of nature is here ! Forest, valley, precipice, cataract, almost unseen,untrodden-yet beautiful as if fresh from the Creator's hand... ... On the height to the left, a fire was kindled by a party of wandering mountaineers, whom it might not have been perfectly pleasant to have encountered at night : yet the glare of their fire falling on the ridges of the mountain, would then have been more picturesque : it was now miserably blended with the sun. On the edge of the descent on the left, was a convent, perched like an eagle's nest, looking down into the gloomy depths of the ravine : and were the shadows of evening falling around, the traveller would there have gladly sought a home, the strange and fantastic home of a night. How wild and lone would be the peal of its bell over the abysses, the call to prayer, to meditation- where the only associations were the torrent, the cavern, the dizzy precipice, and the midnight hymn mingling with the blast. Is this a place for religious joy and consolation, for hope, breaking through the veil of time into the splendours of eternity ? To a sanguine temperament and stern intellect, this convent may be as dear and beneficial as a home among the loved scenes and friends of our earlier life : but the majority of monks are not of this character. A life in this monastery is, as an old writer expresses, " like the twilight going before the darkness of the grave : like a solitary shepherd's tent with no pasture around it, in a fading world." Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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