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Object Type
Museum number: 1958,0712.2732
Title: Object: Vue du Rossberg dans le Canton de Schwitz en Suisse prise enfin depuis le mont Rigi après l'éboulement, arrivé le 2nd Septembre 1806
Description: View of a landslide, piles of rubble and spectators in the foreground; proof before letters. 1806 Etching with hand colouring
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1806
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 476 millimetres; Width: 535 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For a different impression of that landslide in 1806 see prints 1958,0712.2512; 1958,0712.2733 and 1958,0712.671
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated places: Topographic representation of: The Alps; Topographic representation of: Schwyz (canton); Topographic representation of: Lucerne (canton)
Acquisition name
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: 1958,0712.2732
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 1264 (Lloyd Number)

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