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Costumes Caracteriques du Canton de Bern

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Date

c.1817-1850

Artist

Print after Johann Ludwig Bleuler (1792-1850)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3313103

Additional Makers

Publisher - Johann Ludwig Bleuler

Description

Scene outside a building with stone arches; a group of figures in Swiss costume native to the Canton of Bern drink and converse; a figure on the left kneels on the ground to refill her cup; a figure on the right sits on a stool and holds out his jug; in the right hand background under the stone arch is a couple conversing; in the left hand arch stands a female observing the scene; on the ground in the foreground is a line of bowls, jugs and hay; hanging over the scene is a star and a small leafy branch attached to an iron pole on the central cornerstone. Etching and aquatint.

Inscription

Graphite inscription on recto: "avant la lettre" and "par Bleuler".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Canton of Bern, Switzerland

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People
Drink
Buildings

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People & Society

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