ca. 1817
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, upper center: "The Inscription, carved on the Rock | HIER. WARD. DER. FREY. | HERR. VON. ROTENFLU. | VON. SEINEM. BRUDER. | ERSCHLAGEN. | DER. HEIMATLOSE. MORDER. | IN. BANN. ACHT. UND. | VERZWEIFLUNG. SCHLOSS. | IM. FERNEN. AUSLANDE. | SEINEN. EINST. | MACHTIGEN. STAMM"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, center: "At this spot - The Baron Von Rotenflu | was slain by his brother. | The murderer, inscribed, banished | without country, and in despair, | ended, in a distant land, his once. | powerful race. -"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, upper right: "On the Zweilutzen - near Interlacken | Canton of Berne | The Jungfrau in the distance"
Descriptive Medium
Pen and black ink, black wash, gray wash, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Lütschine, Grindelwald, Switzerland
Country
Switzerland
Medium
Wash Drawing
Tags
Category
Travel & Transport
TWW Comment
This looks similar to views from the Lutschine river.
