Versuch Schweizerischer Gedichte
1777
Albrecht von Haller
Author, Swiss, 1708 - 1777
Balthasar Anton Dunker
Artist, German, 1746 - 1807
Artwork overview
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Medium
Bound volume with 20 etched illustrations on laid paper, including 1etched frontispiece portrait, 1 title-vignette, and 18 head- & tail-pieces, all by Dunker.
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 18.3 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm (7 3/16 x 4 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2009.68.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's son Albrecht von Haller [1758-1823], Berne, (bookplate). (Tusculum Rare Books Limited, March 2009); purchased 2009 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite inside back endpaper: M[?]