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- Museum number
- 1958,0712.1465
- Title
- Object: Vue de Herusau grand bourg et des lieux les plus remarquables d'Appenzell
- Description
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Central image depicting a view of the town of Herisau, above which a church spire rises in the centre-left distance; beyond the town are some low hills, at the foot of which are a few more houses; a road travels from the foreground into the left hand background; a peasant with a load on his back and a group of four cows walk along the road in the centre foreground; in the left hand foreground is a hard rock outcrop; surrounding this view are twelve small views of areas of Herisau, each with a title below in both German and French.
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring.
- Production date
- 1821-1860 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 247 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 328 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For larger version of the central image, see 1958,0712.1466.
- 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
- 1958,0712.1465
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 2020
