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Vue d'une partie des Environs de Berne

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Date

c.1777

Artist

Print after Johann Niklaus Schiel (1751-1803)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3309194

Additional Makers

Print maker - Johann Nicklaus Schiel

Description

View of part of the suburbs of Bern; through the centre runs a river on which are a number of boats, one loading wood from ashore; in the background is a hill with some forest; to the left is farmland; various settlements are dispersed across the right hand background; in the right midground are more agricultural buildings; in the immediate foreground some women wash sheets in the canal and hang them to dry; a farmer herds cattle. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below image: "dessiné et gravé par IN. Schiel à Berne."

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Bern, Switzerland

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Buildings
Fields
Rivers
Villages
Boats
Transport

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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