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Vue du Chateau de Chillon sur le Lac de Geneve

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Date

c.1796

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3317281

Additional Makers

Publisher - Fr Monty; Print maker - Konrad Sulzberger

Description

View of Chillon Castle on the edge of Lake Geneva; further along the bank and in the distance is a settlement; a small boat sails on the lake beside the castle; in the foreground is a road leading to the castle; on it is a group of three figures conversing, a figure tending to a horse, a figure leaning on a stone wall and looking at the lake and another sitting on the grass beside a goat, a sheep and a dog; mountainous background. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below image: "gravé par Sulzberger de Winterthur 1796." and "à Geneve chez Fr. Monty."

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Château de Chillon, Vaud, Switzerland

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Cottages

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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