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Vue des Vallées et Montagnes de Gessenay, de Lauwenen, et de G'Steig

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Date

c.1750-1802

Artist

Print after Niklaus Sprüngli (1725-1802)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3312243

Description

View of three mountains and their valleys; a settlement at the foot of both the first and third mountains; a road on which are three horses leads from the right hand town into the foreground; here are two chalets between which walk two horses lead by a figure; in the immediate foreground are various groups of goats and cows, and two groups of figures; a snowy mountain peak in the left background. Etching and hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title: d'ou on voit le fameux Glacier de Guelte, dans le Canton de Berne,".

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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Valleys
Mountains
Trees

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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