Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Panorama de la suisse, ou, Vues et costumes des 22 cantons [graphic].

Alternate Title(s):

Panorama de la suisse

Published / Created:

À Geneve : Publié par Briquet & Du Bois, [ca. 1820]

Physical Description:

1 print on 6 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 10 x 240 cm, accordion folded to 10 x 11 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DQ36 .P36 1820
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Title and imprint from publisher's original printed label on front cover.

Issued in a card folder.

Panorama includes place names along the top edge and description of costumes along the bottom edge.

55 figures in costumes of the 22 cantons. Many are shown in the various occupations of the cantons with the Alps, villages, and scenery in the background.

BAC: British Art Center copy in publisher's original paper board slipcase, with publisher's printed label on front cover.

Subject Terms:

Costume -- Switzerland -- Pictorial works. | Clothing and dress -- Switzerland. | Switzerland -- Pictorial works.

Form/Genre:

Panoramas -- Switzerland -- Geneva. | Accordion fold format (Binding) | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820.

Contributors:

Briquet & Du Bois, publisher.