BELGIUM Liege Market Square & Town Hall

Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1850 Publisher: H.C. Crockett, John Tallis & Company, London and New York Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). An unobtrusive light brownish area at the left side of the image. Dimensions: 7.5 x 10 inches, (18,5 x 25 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: Green border around the print is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. Narrative: We now proceeded by steam through the fine, well-tilled land to Liege, which, for its manufactures in iron and steel, and the skill of its artisans in every branch of the arts of working in the metals, is the Sheffield of Belgium. The broad pastures, and grounds under cultivation on both sides of the railroad, reminded us of the high state of perfection, and of the constant and unceasing reproduction, to which they have got the grounds and market-gardens around London. Here, rood upon rood — green, blossoming, beautiful — indicated resources and stores from whence arrive tliose vast accumulations in the markets of the great cities — Paris and London being supplied from these in a more or less degree — which men wonder at, and the " cockney " marvels where they get them from. Around the environs of Liege, the country has a very lively and charming aspect, as it rises in beautiful hills, diversified with trees and pretty houses, which give an animation of the most pictorial kind to the neighbourhood. The town is situated on the confluence of the Ourthe and the Meuse, and is the seat of a bishop, and one of the two High Courts of Justice is established here. Its inexhaustible stores of coal have created its modem greatness, and given to its trade and manufactures an importance that has lifted it to opulence and power. It has numberless forges, a cannon foundry, a manufactory of arms, and its stores of various kinds of ironware are almost beyond count. One incessant bruit, arising from the hammers of the vast workshops, fills the air with a din that is not wanting in a sort of rude harmony, which has a rather cheerful effect, and indicates all the clieerful activity of business. It has also tanneries, cloth works, and glass and crystal have now become important elements of its wealth-creating enterprise. It boasts of fine colleges, a school of music, deaf and dumb schools, and a free establishment for the education of the children of the working classes. The cathedral of St. Jaques and the town-hall, both grand and noble edifices, attract attention, and, with other remnants of an older time, give an interest of quite another kind to this city, that has sustained battles and sieges, and whose people have held so conspicuous a place in history, as ardent friends to liberty, and undismayed foes to oppression. Within a circle of fifteen miles there are towns and villages (connected with it by canals and railroads) of commensurate importance, and very fully populated. All are engaged in some business or other ; and the nobility of the Liegeois are chiefly the creation of the foundry and the forge, though many of the old names that became prominent in the troublous times of the Keformation and the League are still to be met with. 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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