Author: BURCKHARDT, Caspar
Title: [Six Fine Hand Colored Aqautint Plates of Neuchatel, Switzerland]
Description: Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, 1835. Six Fine Aquatints of Neuchatel, Switzerland SPERLI, Johann Jakob [&] BURCKHARDT, Caspar [&] BAUMANN, Jean-Henri. (Artists). Six fine hand colored aquatint plates of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, [ca. 1835]. Six fine hand colored aquatint views of Neuchatel, Switzwerland, window mounted in two cards each measuring 17 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches; 437 x 219 mm. The first five of the individual views have an average image measurement of 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches; 82 x 57 mm. The sixth view has an image measurement of 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches; 104 x 70 mm. The six aquatints are titled: 1. Interieur d'un Chalet Suisse (J. Sperli) 2. Ury (J. Sperli) 3. Sion (C. Burckhardt) 4. Vaud. Vue de Vevey (J. Sperli) 5. Le Rappel des Vaches (J. Sperli) 6. L'Auberge sur le Righi Koulm (unsigned) The city of Neuchâtel, the French-speaking capital of the Swiss canton Neuchâtel, lies on the northern shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Its medieval old town spreads beneath the Château de Neuchâtel, a castle begun in the 12th century. SPERLI, Johann Jakob, the Elder. (1794-1843). Watercolorist and printmaker in Zurich. BURCKHARDT, Caspar (1810-1861). Swiss engraver active 1831-1835. BAUMANN, Jean Henri (1801-1858). Swiss topographical watercolorist, working in Neuchatel from 1821. Pupil of Lory and Moritz. .

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