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Mont Blanc

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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. " -

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