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Maison de Paysanne vers du Dent du Midi à Bex

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Date

c.1810-1836

Artist

Print after Samuel Frey (1785-1836)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3315634

Description

View of a chalet; a road travels beside it from the right hand foreground into the trees in the right hand midground; two women and two children are at the entrance to the house, one standing in the doorway; in the right hand foreground is a figure on horseback conversing with two peasants on the side of the road; in the left hand foreground is a rocky stream and a tall tree to the far left; in the right hand background is a high snowy mountain peak. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below image: "Dessiné d'apres nature par S. Frey."

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Bex, Vaud, Switzerland

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Tags

Mountains
Trees
Residential Buildings
People
Roads

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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