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- Museum number
- 1958,0712.1123
- Title
- Object: Vue des Environs de Berne, prise a l'Altenberg
- Description
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View of Bern from the district of Altenberg; a church spire rises above the town to the right; a river runs through the middle of the view and is crossed by an arched stone bridge; the river is lined with a stone wall, outside which is a turreted stone building on the bankside to the right; beside this is a group of figures and some large containers; to the far right some smoke rises from a house; to the left a road lined with trees travels along the slope, at the top of which is a group of houses in the centre; in the right hand foreground is a small garden in which a figure dressed in red sits with a dog; to the far left is another road.
Etching with hand-colouring.
- Production date
- 1772-1811
- Dimensions
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Height: 139 millimetres (image)
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Width: 209 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For same image, see 1958,0712.1141.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST, NONE OF THE PRINTS OR DRAWINGS BEQUEATHED BY R. W. LLOYD MAY BE LENT OUTSIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Registration Numbers 1958,0712.318 to 3149).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1958,0712.1123
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 218