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Vue de la Vallée et des Glaciers du Grindelwald

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Date

c.1750-1802

Artist

Print after Niklaus Sprüngli (1725-1802)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3312463

Description

View of Grindelwald Valley and its Upper and Lower Glaciers, which descend down from an ice cap, each either side of the central mountain peak; in the valley bottom is a settlement in the middle of which is a church, surrounded by a circular road within which a crowd stands; in the left hand foreground is a rock on which an artist sketches; a group of figures converse; in the right hand foreground are various farmers and goats. Etching and hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title: "dans le Canton de Berne".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Grindelwald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Country

Medium

Tags

Valleys
Glaciers
Mountains
Ice

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

Glossary
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