Luzern. Switzerland.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg 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

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.

Object number1950.193.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "LUZERN. / SWITZERLAND. / 577."

On verso, in red ink, upper left, "820". In pencil: upper right, "257" "3 [in circle]"; lower left, "Brackford"; lower right, "Consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 24" "Print / Box 7 / #23" and accession number.NotesSource Note: The visual source is undoubtedly a plate from an early nineteenth-century British or European travel book. (Finlay 12/24/2002)

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