Title
VUE DE L'INSCRIPTION TAILLEE DANS LE ROC, : faisant partie d'un Jardin a_ l'angloise pre_s d'Arlesheim dans l'Eve_che_ de Ba_le. / Dessine_ d'apre_s Nature et grave_ par Guill. F. Gmelin 1786.
Creator
Gmelin, Wilhelm Friedrich, 1760-1820, printmaker.
Publication details
a_ Ba_le : chez Chr. de Mechel, [1786]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured etching and aquatint ; sheet 17.2 x 22.1 cm (trimmed below platemark).
Description
Latin inscription referring to the founders of the English garden at Arlesheim, Balbina von Andlau and Canon Heinrich von Ligerz, and to its date carved in a rock surrounded by trees and shrubs in the foreground, with forests seen in distance in the background.
Place
Arlesheim (Switzerland)
Other persons
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.85.52.1.g.5.