book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1958,0712.3139.1-24
Title: Object: Collection de Costumes Suisses dans les vrais Costumes actuels composé de 24 pieces
Description: Book containing 24 numbered prints of figures wearing Swiss costumes, with a title-page, ans a preface by the publisher; bound in blue cloth-covered boards, with the title in gold stamping on the front cover, Bern Etchings, with hand-colouring, individually titled as follows: 1) 'Bern' 2) 'Oberhasli.' 3) 'Guggisberg.' 4) 'Zuric' 5) 'Bâle.' 6) 'Lucerne' 7) 'Schwitz' 8) 'Ury' 9) 'Untervalden.' 10) 'Friburg' 11) 'Zoug' 12) 'Soleure.' 13) 'Appenzell' 14) 'Schffouse' 15) 'St. Gall' 16) 'Vaud.' 17) 'Argovie' 18) 'Thurgau.' 19) 'Glaris' 20) 'Grison' 21) 'Tessin' 22) 'Valais' 23) 'Neuchâtel.' 24) 'Géneve'
Producer name: Print made by: T Wisard; After: T Wisard; Published by: T Wisard
School/style
Production date: 1822
Production place: Published in: Bern (city)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 110 millimetres (approx. size of image); Height: 115 millimetres (book); Width: 103 millimetres; Width: 95 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The publication date ist not printed on the title-page but the preface is dated 1822 ('Berne en Suisse au mois de Juin 1822.').
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Associated with: Bern (canton); Associated with: Zürich (canton); Associated with: Basel-Stadt; Associated with: Basel-Landschaft; Associated with: Lucerne (canton); Associated with: Schwyz (canton); Associated with: Uri; Associated with: Nidwalden; Associated with: Fribourg (canton); Associated with: Zug (canton); Associated with: Solothurn; Associated with: Appenzell-Inner Rhoden; Associated with: Appenzell-Ausser Rhoden; Associated with: Schaffhausen (canton); Associated with: St Gallen (canton); Associated with: Vaud; Associated with: Aargau; Associated with: Thurgau; Associated with: Glarus (canton); Associated with: Graubünden; Associated with: Valais; Associated with: Neuchâtel (canton); Associated with: Geneva (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: 1958,0712.3139.1-24

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