Title
Vue de la Forteresse d'Aarbourg dans l'Argew au Canton de Berne.
Creator
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
A Basle : chez Chr. de Mechel, [between 1786 and 1790]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured etching ; sheet 27.4 x 42 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
An artist works by a road while his companion holds a parasol and two other men stand contemplating the view in the foreground, with Aare river beyond, village of Aarburg on the opposite bank and Aarburg Castle in the background.
Place
Aarburg (Switzerland)
Additional information
Possibly copy after a print by Marquard Wocher after Gabriel Lory published by Bartholome Fehr in 1786 (see Conrad de Mandach, Lausanne, 1920, no. 47, p. 141).
Other persons
Lory, Gabriel, 1763-1840, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.85.56.a.