Little Devils Bridge over the Russ, above Alt Dorft Swiss
Etching & mezzotint, 1809
Signed in the plate by JMW Turner and Charles Turner who applied the mezzotint
From: Liber Studiorum
Publisher: Charles Turner
Printed on Whatman wove paper without watermark by Lahee
Reference: Finberg 1 ii/III
Condition: Very fine impression in excellent condition. One minor thin spot associated with the paper manufacture.
Turner had visited the Swiss Alpine site on his first Continental tour in 1802; the bridge over the Reuss, south of Altdorf near Wassen (towards the St. Gotthard Pass), is also known as the Pfaffensprung (Priest’s Leap).
Provenance: Craddock & Barnard, London
Etching & mezzotint, 1809
Signed in the plate by JMW Turner and Charles Turner who applied the mezzotint
From: Liber Studiorum
Publisher: Charles Turner
Printed on Whatman wove paper without watermark by Lahee
Reference: Finberg 1 ii/III
Condition: Very fine impression in excellent condition. One minor thin spot associated with the paper manufacture.
Turner had visited the Swiss Alpine site on his first Continental tour in 1802; the bridge over the Reuss, south of Altdorf near Wassen (towards the St. Gotthard Pass), is also known as the Pfaffensprung (Priest’s Leap).
Provenance: Craddock & Barnard, London
