Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - SCARCE original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print, actual: 1820
- Publisher - Artist: Bodwell & Martin, New Bond Street, London - Major Cockburn
- Condition: 2 (1.
Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Few light brownish
spots/areas, mostly in blank margins. Please examine the photos for
extent. The print is slightly 'wavy'.
- Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Notes: 1.
Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background
on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is sharper
than the photo of the print.
Original Narrative:
- At
seven this morning we quitted Friburg for Berne. The whole way has a
park-ike appearance. The villages present a lively object ; while
forests of pine, and various wood thicken over a fine undulating
country. Charming villas may also be said to decorate the road, which
is distinguished by stones, to mark the distance. The entrance into
Berne is very striking, from its horizon presents a magnificent range
of mountains, with their eternal snows. The public college is situated
on the ramparts, above the river, where a magnificent prospect presents
itself. There are two hospitals; one for the canton, and the other for
the city : one of them is a very handsome quadrangular building; and a
part of the ditch, which surrounds it, is enlivened by deer. The
library and the museum are worthy of particular attention : here may be
seen portraits of eminent natives of Berne, and particularly that of
Haller, the most distinguished of them. The arsenal contains 200 pieces
of ordnance, and 10,000 small arms ; the figure of William Tell, and
various trophies of national victory. The cathedral is a fine pile of
Gothic architecture, with a porch, resembling that of Friburg.
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