A very nice aquatint view by Gabriel Lory showing Mont Blanc glacier at the foot of a hill with a stream flowing from it and some bare rock in the foreground; two figures on the left of the mouth of the cave and three in the right hand foreground. Published in Paris at Osterwald in 1820.
[Switzerland] Vue de la Source de l’Arveiron
- Author: Gabriel Lory
- Dimension: 25 x 28 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1820
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