Additional Makers
Print maker - Godefroy Engelmann I; After - Pierre Mongin; After - Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
Description
The Unspunnen festival; a crowd of spectators gather around wrestlers and stone-throwers; to the left are two red and white striped tents and a dining-table; barrels of drink are carried by various figures, in the right foreground, a woman serves drink from a barrel under a tree and two men argue, one holding a Swiss horn, the other a rifle; the Jungfrau covered in snow is in the background. Lithograph with hand-colouring.
Inscription
Lettered with the title, and directly below the image "Villeneuve , d'apres les Croquis de Mr. Mongin, les figures par Adam." / "Imp.e Lith.e de G. Engelmann." Graphite inscription on verso: "X / II 6,873"
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Interlaken, Bern Canton, Switzerland
Country
Switzerland
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes