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Les Ruines de Stanzstad

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Date

c.1798

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3272460

Additional Makers

Print maker - Heinrich Füssli; Publisher - Heinrich Füssli

Description

View of Stansstad seen from the lake, with damaged houses, mountains in the background. 1798. Etching with hand colouring.

Inscription

Lettered with title; "dessiné le 21 Sept: 1798"; "H.Fussli fec."; "se vend à Zuric ches Henry et J.Henry Fussli" and six lines of text in French and German dealing with the attack of Nidwalden (including Stansstad) by French troops on 9 September 1798 and the resulting destructions

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Stansstad, Nidwalden, Switzerland

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Tags

Rivers
Mountains

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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