William Tombleson
Tombleson William (* 1795, † 1846 ) was an English artist, copper and steel engraver, author and publisher in London.
Tombleson was primarily known for his landscapes and descriptions: In the 1830s he published a considerable number of steel engravings and different books with picturesque views of the upper and middle Rhine and engravings with motifs of the Thames and the Medway River southeast England.
Tombleson recorded for the first volume of his Guide " Views of the Rhine " "... from Cologne to Mainz " 69 views, " engraved in the latest art, by the most eminent artists," were transferred in three languages titled steel engravings. The band contained two adjacent large-format maps and appeared in 1832 in London by William Gray Fearnside, Tombleson & Co.
At the same time is a French translation dated: This is called in the series title the German printer and publisher Creuzbauer in Karlsruhe. Despite this information and contact in 1832 by Johann Gabriel Friedrich Poppel with Tombleson from Karlsruhe knows the British Library just published a 1834 German -language edition of Tombleson 's Rhein- views through the bookseller and publisher Adolf Asher.
William Tombleson delivered in times of Rheinromantik the best templates for middle Rhine representations that have grown over decades to the treasure trove of copyists. Among the engravers who belonged use his works as models, among others, Thomas Clark, John Cleghorn, T. Cox, R. Harris, W. Hood, J. Howe, W. Lacey, O. Smith, Shenfield, J. Stokes, D. Thompson, W. Watts, R. Wilson and Henry Winkles. The published in the years 1830-1832 two other editions of books were " The Upper Rhine " with title vignette, 68 views and folding map, as well as " The Thames " with title vignette, 79 views and panorama.
Gallery
Koblenz, Mosel Bridge
Mainz Cathedral