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Entrance to Simmenthal (Canton Bern)

Print
1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An engraving depicting a view of a mountainous landscape showing, in the foreground, a road upon which people are walking. In the distance, below the mountains, there is a settlement showing several buildings with towers and pointed roofs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEntrance to Simmenthal (Canton Bern) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Print by William John Cooke after William Henry Bartlett, 'Entrance to Simmenthal (Canton Bern)', engraving, Great Britain, 1837
Physical description
An engraving depicting a view of a mountainous landscape showing, in the foreground, a road upon which people are walking. In the distance, below the mountains, there is a settlement showing several buildings with towers and pointed roofs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.625in
  • Width: 11.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions
'W. H. Bartlett. W. J. Cooke.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Col. D. G. Colnaghi
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.2553-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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