Description Medium: Aquatint etching with hand coloring on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 20 x 14.5 cm (7.87 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 20 x 14.5 cm. (7.87 x 5.71 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. SWISS CHALET, SIMPLON PASS, OBERLAND BERNOIS, ALPINE LANDSCAPE, HIMELY, ROSE D’OSTERVALD, AQUATINT, 19TH CENTURY SWITZERLAND, MOUNTAIN SCENE, SNOWY ALPS | PCO-E30-43 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From the series Douze Chalets Suisses de l’Oberland Bernois, published by Rittner, Paris, 1829. Biography engraver: Jean-Christophe Himely (1801-1872) was a Swiss-French engraver known for finely executed aquatints of landscapes and topographical views. Active in Paris, he collaborated on several series featuring Swiss scenery. Biography artist: Marie Rose d’Ostervald (1795-1831) was a Swiss female artist from Neuch?tel, known for her watercolors and romanticized alpine scenes. She was one of the few published female artists of the period.
