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Luzern. Switzerland.
Luzern. Switzerland.

Luzern. Switzerland.

Printer (American, 1840 - 1867)
Publisher (American, 1840 - 1867)
Date1857-1867
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 5/8 x 12 15/16in. (21.9 x 32.9cm) Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
Object number1950.193.0
DescriptionView of a city on a lake with hills and mountains in the background. Two trees are in the right foreground. A building with dormers is in the left foreground. A group of men, women, and children are in a field on the hillside immediately below. The town, which is in the middle distance, includes numerous houses, churches, and other buildings, many of them with gables or towers. A building at the left has a pediment and columns or pilasters. Fortifications, consisting of a wall with round and square towers, extend over the hills in the left background.
NotesSource Note: The visual source is undoubtedly a plate from an early nineteenth-century British or European travel book. (Finlay 12/24/2002)
Status
Not on view