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Contrée de Lauwerz et de Buesingen

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Date

c.1806-1810

Artist

Print after Gaspar Rahn

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308796

Additional Makers

Print maker - Franz Hegi

Description

View of Lake Lauerz after the landslide of 1806, taken from amidst the rock debris; various settlements are dispersed across mountain slopes on the left, with mountain peaks in the centre background. Aquatint with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered below image: "Peint d'apres Nature par G. Rahn." and "Gravé par François Hegi."; with title, followed by: "apres la chûte de la montagne dite Rossberg, arrivée le 2d. Sept. 1806 vers l'ile de Schwanau et du lac de Lauwerz".

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Lauerzer See, Switzerland

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Tags

Stately Homes
Interiors

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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