View of the Geyser at the commencement of an eruption, Iceland
Francis Chesham (1749 - London 1806)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Etching on paper in wood frame
Measurements
317 x 405 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 930347
Summary
Print, engraving, View of the Geyser at the commencement of an eruption, Iceland by Francis Chesham (1749 - London 1806) . Etching in painted wood frame with newspaper backing dated 1863.The Geyser is one of about 150 boiling Springs, which burst from the ground in a circle of 2 or 3 miles, between a river and a range of hills, on the north side of the Plain of Haukadal, which, in the south western district of Iceland
Makers and roles
Francis Chesham (1749 - London 1806), engraver (printmaker)