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Rosenlaui Gletscher

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

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Date

1800

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3251862

Additional Makers

Print maker - Johann Jakob Bidermann; Publisher - Johann Jakob Bidermann

Description

View of the glacier descending between two mountains, with a huntsman seated on a rock and a dead chamois in the foreground; proof before letters. Etching and aquatint with hand colouring, within wash border.

Inscription

Inscribed in ink beneath the image with the title and "Charakteristik der Schweiz in 4 Blättern"

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Country

Medium

Tags

Glaciers
Hunting
Mountains
Ice
People
Death

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

Glossary
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