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Vue de la Cascade de Pissevache

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Date

c.1762-1817

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3306587

Additional Makers

Print maker - Christian von Mechel; Publisher - Christian von Mechel

Description

View from the bottom of a valley with the Pissevache waterfall cascading on the left; a settlement in the right hand background and a road leading to the foreground with three figures on it; a lake on the right; a group of figures and a dog before the waterfall. Etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title: “l’une des plus belles de la Suisse, pres de Martigny dans le bas Calais. / A Basle chez Chr : de Mechel.”

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

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Medium

Tags

Valleys
Mountains
Waterfalls
Roads

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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