book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1958,0712.3109
Title: Object: Voyage de 1840
Description: Book containing a lithographically printed handwritten text of 66 pages with 69 illustrations of Switzerland by Rodolphe Töpffer, with two frontispieces inscribed with the title, and a map of the Gemmi mountains; bound in purple leather, with blind and gold stamping, and a modified title on the front cover
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Production date: 1840
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Dimensions: Height: 170 millimetres (album); Height: 130 millimetres (approx. size of image); Width: 210 millimetres; Width: 270 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: Haute-Savoie; Topographic representation of: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains; Topographic representation of: Mer de Glace; Topographic representation of: Rhône Valley; Topographic representation of: Sitten; Topographic representation of: Leukerbad; Topographic representation of: Berner Alpen; Topographic representation of: Thuner See; Topographic representation of: Grindelwald; Topographic representation of: Lake Lucerne; Topographic representation of: Obwalden; Topographic representation of: Nidwalden; Topographic representation of: Zuger See; Topographic representation of: Zürich (canton); Topographic representation of: Aargau; Topographic representation of: Solothurn; Topographic representation of: Bieler See; Topographic representation of: Fribourg (canton); Topographic representation of: Vevey; Topographic representation of: Lake Geneva
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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: 1958,0712.3109

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