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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