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:
- Village of Goschenen, Between Wasen and the Devil's Bridge:
From the Devil's Bridge to Goschenen the valley is dreary and savage.
The Reuss is twice crossed before it reaches Goschenen: in its course
thither it descends with so much noise, as it dashes over and among the
rocks, that it has given to this part of the valley the name of the
Krachenthal. Enormous masses of granite lie in the bed of the torrent
and on the sides of the mountains. Not far from Goschenen there is an
immense block, which the people of the valley say the devil dropped
there. At Goschenen, the traveller, after having crossed a
mountain-torrent which flows by the village, enters upon a good
carriage-road that conducts to Altorf. Below Goschenen the road passes
beneath forests of pines, and through villages surrounded by
cultivation. There are some fine points of view in descending to
Amstag, principally from a part of the road that rises high above the
Reuss, which is seen foaming at the base of a well-wooded ravine: in
the background of this fine scene is the lofty and beautiful form of
the Windgelle mountain.
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