Thomas Higham was an English artist specializing in antique and topographical engravings. The British Museum has a large collection of his works donated by his nephew William Aldis Wright (writer and editor).
This is a beautiful hand-colored highly detailed steel engraving from about 1840, after an illustration by Thomas Allom.
- Image: the popular uprising against Charles V in front of Ghent’s Gothic town hall
- year: 1840
- quality: excellent
- signed: printed below plate
- image size: 13.2 x 17.3 cm | 5.2 x 6.8 in (h x w)
- sheet or frame size: 24.8 x 32.5 cm | 9.8 x 12.8 in (h x w)
