Title
VUE DE LA VILLE ET D'UNE PARTIE DU LAC DE ZOUG. / Dessine_ d'apres Nature par Pierre Biermann.
Creator
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[Basel] : Publie_ en 1791. par Chr. de Mechel a_ Basle, [1791]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured etching ; sheet 50.6 x 68.5 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
Two men travel with two donkeys on a country road in the foreground, with view of the town of Zug on the shore of the lake beyond and Mount Rigi and Bernese Alps in the background; with text referring to the location from which the view was taken and to the history of the canton below.
Place
Zug (Switzerland)
Other persons
Birmann, Peter, 1758-1844, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.85.89.