book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1958,0712.3073.1-7
Title: Object: Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers de Chamouni
Description: Book containing 7 unnumbered views of Switzerland, with a title-page, table of contents, 8 pages of introductory text and explanation of the individual prints throughout; bound in red leather with gold stamped title on the front cover, Paris, 1815 Aquatints, with hand-colouring, individually titled as follows: 1) 'Vue de la Cascade de Nant d'Arpenas.' 2) 'Vue du Mont Blanc prise de St. Martin.' 3) 'Vue du Lac de Chêde.' 4) 'Vue du Glacier des Bois et de la Source de l'Arveiron.' 5) 'Vue de la mer de Glace prise du Montanvert.' 6) 'Vue du Mont Blanc prise du Couvercle.' 7) 'Vue prise de la Flégère.'
Producer name: After: Gabriel Lory le fils; After: Gabriel Lory le père; Print made by: Franz Hegi; Printed by: Pierre Didot; Published by: Gabriel Lory le fils; Published by: Gabriel Lory le père
School/style: Swiss; French
Production date: 1815
Production place: Printed in: Paris (France); Published in: Paris (France); Published in: Neuchâtel (town); Published in: Bern (city)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 195 millimetres (approx. size of image); Height: 412 millimetres (book); Width: 280 millimetres; Width: 288 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Chamonix, Vallée de; Topographic representation of: Mer de Glace
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: 1958,0712.3073.1-7

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