LINCK (Jean-Antoine) and HACKERT (Carl Ludwig). View of Argentière, its glacier and Mont Blanc. Geneva, by J. A. Linck, circa 1805. Watercolour line engraving, 50 x 38 cm, in sheet form, signed and pasted on card. Line engraving finely watercoloured by Jean-Antoine Link after a drawing by Hackert in 1780. Some foxing in the sky. Superb view of the Argentière glacier, the Chamonix valley, the Bossons glacier and Mont-Blanc, the original version of which was produced by Hackert in 1780. Jean-Antoine Linck (Geneva 1766 - 1843) was a Genevan artist who was one of the undisputed masters of high-mountain landscapes, which he drew in line and painted in watercolour. His views, with their subtle colours and perfect framing, are highly sought-after today. He worked with Carl Ludwig Hackert at the start of his career, before opening his own studio in 1802. Mont-Blanc, conquest of the imagination, pp. 40-41.