Original 1800s Ernest George Etching \"Carcassonne The Fortified City\" SIGNED COA

---

---

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

---

Original 1800s Ernest George Etching \"Carcassonne The Fortified City\" SIGNED COA:
$189.00

---

Four Centuries of the world\'s finest artists
from our collection to yours

Thank you for visiting...

Click here to view our store | Click here for our sales

Artist:SirErnest George (English, 1839-1922)
Title:Carcassonne... View of the Towers from the Wall
Medium: Original Hand Pulled Copper Plate Etching on Wove Paper
Year: 1875
Signature: Signedand Titled in the plate.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions:Image Size 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches.
Framing: Please feel free to ask about our FRAMING SPECIALS. **We would love to send this to you ready to hang.**

Additional notes:
This is not a modern print. This impression is more than 140 years old. The strike is crisp and the lines are sharp.
Extra Information:
This etching shows in detail some of the towers composing the city wall. Though many of these are roofless, the masonry of their huge walls is generally sound, and in the silence of the vast fortress we may wander through tower and bastion, among walls and ramparts, and imagine ourselves still living in the old feudal times. There are towers round, square, and many sided, and there are steps innumerable to be climbed or descended in making thecircuitof the wall. The range of Pyrenees, with their deep coloring, or, as we see them, snow covered, make the background to this grim fortress.

Artist Biography:
Sir Ernest George was an English architect, landscape and architectural watercolour painter, and etcher. His London office was once called \"The Eton of architects\' offices\". His pupils included Herbert Baker, Guy Dawber, John Bradshaw Gass, Edwin Lutyens and Ethel Charles. In the 1870s in partnership with Harold Peto, George designed houses in London for the Cadogan Estate in Chelsea and Kensington, and a number of country houses. In 1881 they designed Stoodleigh Court at Tiverton for Thomas Carew. In 1891 they designed an extension to West Dean House for William James, creating the Oak Room, now Oak Hall in West Dean College. Between 1870 and 1911 George designed several houses with his former pupil, Alfred B. Yeates. In New Zealand, which he never visited, he designed the Theomin family house Olveston in Dunedin which was built 1904-07. He was also responsible for the current Southwark Bridge (1921), and the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice in London\'s Postman\'s Park. He served as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1908 to 1910. In the late 19th century, George trained Ethel Charles, the first woman to be elected a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. George\'s residence at 17 Bartholomew St, London Borough of Southwark is commemorated with a Southwark Council blue plaque. George painted in England, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany and Italy.

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described

FramingAny framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer.ShippingPackages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you.GuaranteeWe guarantee all our listings to be 100% as describedReturnsReturns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges.

| Click here to view our store | Click here for our sales |

---

Original 1800s Ernest George Etching \"Carcassonne The Fortified City\" SIGNED COA:
$189.00