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Vue du Wetterhorn et du Glacier Superieur du Grindelwald

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Date

c.1816-1839

Artist

Print after Samuel Frey (1785-1836)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3315618

Additional Makers

Publisher - Johann Peter Lamy

Description

View of the snow-capped Wetterhorn which dominates the composition; a glacier flows down from the valley on the right to the foot of the mountain in the centre; in the foreground is a small group a trees; in the immediate left hand foreground is a group of four peasants and a child, one holding a rake; around them is a large group of cows and some goats; a small chalet down the hill in the far right foreground. Aquatint with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below title: "Canton de Berne", "Frey delit." and "publié pr. J. P. Lamy a Berne, Bale & Lausane".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Wetterhorn, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Country

Medium

Tags

Valleys
Glaciers
Mountains
Ice

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

Glossary
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