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Differens Habillemens distinctifs de la Ville de Berne / Senateur

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Date

c.1773-1821

Artist

Print after Sigmund Freudenberger (1745-1801)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3315464

Additional Makers

Print maker - Mathias Gottfried Eichler

Description

A senator of Bern stands on a balcony before some pilasters, modelling the Swiss costume of his profession; he wears black clothing with a white wig and holds a black plumed hat in his left hand. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below image: "S. Freudenberger del:" and "G. Eichler sc."

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Canton of Bern, Switzerland

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