Lot no. 235
VILLENEUVE (Louis Jules Frédéric). View of the Jungfrau and the Shepherds' Festival celebrated in 1808 at the foot of Unspunnen Castle. Paris, G. Engelmann, circa 1820. Watercolour lithograph, 40 x 56 cm, matted sheet. A large and beautiful lithograph, hand-coloured from drawings by Mongin, with figures by Adam. In the foreground, traditional Swiss sports such as Wrestling, Stone Throwing and Alphorn, practised during shepherds' festivals. Some defects and restorations in the sky in the middle and on the right.
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