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The Scenery of Sicily. [Engravings. After drawings by peter De Wint, from sketches by William Light

DeWint, Peter, LIGHT, William. · 1825 · Rodwell & Martin · 50 pictures

A portfolio of fifty steel and copper engravings of Sicilian landscape published by Rodwell & Martin in London in 1825, engraved after Peter De Wint's drawings from William Light's on-site sketches for British armchair travellers and Grand Tour readers. Wide tonal views set ruined towers, hill towns and volcanic slopes behind foreground rocks, agaves and framing trees; useful for atmospheric distance, stipple skies and figure groups on roads.

British Library · HMNTS 10129.e.22. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain)