Miscellaneous prints from the Swiss Enlightenment collection [graphic]. ca. 1750-ca. 1850

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Miscellaneous prints from the Swiss Enlightenment collection [graphic]. ca. 1750-ca. 1850

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1: woodland or rural scene (numbered "4") by Salomon Gessner, 1775, with two women or nymphs in classical attire -- 2: woodland scene (numbered "5") by Salomon Gessner, undated, with one woman or nymph in classical attire -- 3: 20th century restrike of an aquatint by Franz Hegi, 1842, of the Wasserkirche in Zurich in 1479.

1 folder (3 prints) ; sheets 41 x 34 cm or smaller.

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Wasserkirche (Zurich, Switzerland)

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Hegi, Franz, 1774-1850

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Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788.

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Swiss poet and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Zurich, to his friend Sulzer, town clerk in Winterthur, 1768 June 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587408 Salomon Gessner was a Swiss writer, translator, painter, and etcher. He was known throughout Europe for literary works of pastoral themes and rococo style. Gessner was also a town councillor, a forestry superintendent, and ran his own publishing house from which he published his own books with ...