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| Birmingham from the South, 1848 |
The rustic meets the urban.
The placid stillness of cows, sheep and trees in the foreground creates a marked contrast to the encroachment of early Victorian Birmingham with chimneys and steeples puncturing the skyline. It creates a sense of a slow lava-like swallowing up of the English countryside.
By W. Harvey and Taken from a Sketch drawn by Stephen Thomas Davis. Engraved by Thomas Abiel Prior (1809-1866). Used by William Harvey in "The Land We Live In" in 1848.
Original print labelled: "Birmingham from the South. London: Charles Knight 1848.
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