Mont Blanc
Maker
(artist)
active from late 18th century (Life dates)
(engraver)
(act. 1826-1854) (Life dates)
(printer)
(publisher)
active from late 18th century (Life dates)
(engraver)
(act. 1826-1854) (Life dates)
(printer)
(publisher)
Title
Mont Blanc
Date of Production
1828
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4280
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: MONT BLANC. / Drawn on Stone by William Gauci, after Villeneuve / Printed by Engemann, Graf, Condet & Co. / And Published by them at 92, Dean St. Soho. Dec. 10, 1828.
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Proof
Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, typed: W. GAUCI
Stamp: Recto: lower left mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Verso: centre, handwritten in pencil: (Mont Blanc) / " Here we are for once relieved from the toil (?) of wishing / to admire; - and the imagination pauses not to be follow the / lead of the senses. - 'Tis a meeting of earth and sky , - / an image of immensity and eternity. " -
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Proof
Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, typed: W. GAUCI
Stamp: Recto: lower left mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Verso: centre, handwritten in pencil: (Mont Blanc) / " Here we are for once relieved from the toil (?) of wishing / to admire; - and the imagination pauses not to be follow the / lead of the senses. - 'Tis a meeting of earth and sky , - / an image of immensity and eternity. " -
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