Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Vue de la source du Rhone et du glacier d'ou il sort. // [View of the source of the Rhone and of the glacier from whence it issues.].
Call Number
A Middle 39/Drawer 14/GC077/Full Folio/19th c. GA 2012.01292
Identifier
ark:/88435/dchx11xv60h
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1801/05/16.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1801
Extent
1 item ; sheet 58.6 x 75.7 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Depiction: Landscape with view of valley and glacial terminus; five men resting near narrow stream.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Drawn on the spot by Chatelet".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Painted by P. Vanlerberghe".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Engraved by J. Merigot".
Signed in plate: "Published 16 May 1801, by Messrs. G. & W. Nichol, Pall Mall, J. White, Fleet Street, Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street".

Discovery Information

Subject
Rhone River (Switzerland and France)—In art
Rhone Glacier—Switzerland—In art
Rivers—Switzerland—In art
Landscapes—Switzerland—1801
Landscapes—Europe—1801
Bernese Alps (Switzerland)—In art
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)—In art
Mountains—Switzerland—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/202f620b-28b0-4580-88b8-38495ab6fd0a/manifest