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Souvenirs des Costumes des XXII Cantons de la Suisse

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Date

c.1820-1840

Artist

Print after F. Sal. Fussly

Collection

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http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3272478

Additional Makers

Publisher - F. Sal. Fussly; Print maker - Johann Hürlimann

Description

Men and women in traditional costumes of all Swiss Cantons with different colourful hats, the convent of Notre-Dame-des-Eremites in the background. Etching and aquatint with hand colouring.

Inscription

Lettered with title; "reunies près du Couvent de Notre-Dame-des-Eremites, au Canton de Schwyz" and the names of all 12 Cantons; "Dessiné par F.Sal. Fussly"; "Gravé par J. Hurlimann" and Publisher's note "Publié par F. Sal. Fussly successeur de Keller et Fussly à Zurich."

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland

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