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Fabrique d'indiennes Fazy au Quai des Bergues actuel

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Date

c.1765-1814

Artist

Print after Johann Franz Adam Hess

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3316422

Description

View of the Quai des Bergues to the left, on the edge of Lake Geneva to the right; the bank in the midground is walled and on it is a group of buildings with some trees among them; the centre building has green shutters and a line of washing drying across the front; two boats are moored before it; in the immediate foreground are two women washing garments in the water and to their left are two horses drinking in the water, one with a figure on its back; the corner of a dark stone wall in the left hand foreground; a sailing boat on the lake to the right. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Graphite inscription on verso: "k / S / 5/12/28", "Fabrique d'indiennes Fazy / Quai des Bergues actuel", "HESS", "1/2 page", and crossed out, "GEISSLER RY29/IMP 12 ROY 28".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Geneva Canton, Switzerland

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Residential Buildings
People
Lakes
Boats

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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