Bell Rock Lighthouse during a storm from the northeast – Antique Wall Art
![Bell Rock Lighthouse during a storm from the northeast, [1824] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9b/9b42e00c90f9-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bell Rock Lighthouse during a storm from the northeast, an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bell Rock Lighthouse during a storm from the northeast
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Few views of the Bell Rock Lighthouse show it battered by weather, and this engraving shows the tower on its isolated reef off the Scottish coast with heavy seas breaking from the northeast. The lighthouse was designed by Robert Stevenson, whose engineering built the tower on a rock that is submerged at high tide, and it first showed its light in 1810. The scene is based on a drawing by J.M.W. Turner, engraved by J. Horsburgh, and it appeared as an illustration in Stevenson's own account of the project. Its record dates the print to 1824, though that date is unverified.
| Created / published | [1824] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : steel engraving. |
| Notes | Steel engraving by J. Horsburgh after drawing by J.M.W. Turner. Illus. in: Robert Stevenson, An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. (3); Storms; Lighthouses. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,263 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144580 |
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