'La Grosse Pierre sur le Glacier de Vorderaar. Canton de Berne Province d'Oberhasbi'

Print showing a stone on the glacier of Vorderaar, Switzerland. Inscription below the image: 'Dediee a M. le Comte de Meuron Chambellan de S. M. Prussienne / Colonel proprietaire d'un Regiment Suisse au service de Hollande par son tres humble serviteur et Ami Rc hentzi'

Colonel Charles Daniel de Meuron (1738-1806) assembled a celebrated cabinet of curiosites (which included items from Cook's voyages) which he bequeathed to the city of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, thereby laying the foundations for the town's museums (except the Fine Arts museum).

Rudolf Hentzi (1731-1803), artist, draughtsman, tutor in the household of the Prince of Orange.

Object Details

ID: PAH6102
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1789-1795
People: de Meuron, Charles Daniel; Hentzi, Rudolf
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 320 x 431 mm
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