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Vue de Mont Blanc

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Date

c.1764-1819

Artist

Print after Marc Théodore Bourrit (1735-1815)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3313888

Description

View of Mont Blanc in the background, before which are lower mountains with a small settlement in the middle; at the foot of the mountains a stream runs into the foreground and is crossed by a bridge on which are several figures; in the immediate foreground is a herder on a road with three cattle, and two goats to his right; in the immediate left hand foreground is a tree. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Graphite inscription on verso: "Bourrit / avant lettre" and "k / N / 2.7.28".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Mont Blanc

Medium

Tags

Streams
Cliffs
Rivers
Landscapes
Mountains

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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