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Vue du fameux Pont du Diable

image © Trustees of the British Museum | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Date

c.1762-1817

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3306615

Additional Makers

Print maker - Christian von Mechel; Publisher - Christian von Mechel

Description

View of the famous Devil's Bridge on which are a group of figures and donkeys; a waterfall descends from a rocky mountain face into a stream which runs beneath the bridge; in the right hand foreground is another group of figures. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title: “sur la Reufs, au Mont St. Gothard, Canton d’Uri, grand passage pour aller de Suisse en Italie. / A Basle chez Chr : de Mechel”.

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Canton of Uri, Switzerland

Country

Medium

Tags

Waterfalls
People
Mountains
Bridges

Category

Buildings & Architecture

Glossary
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