Relief Map of Switzerland, Perhaps by Léonard Gaudin, Swiss, Early 19th Century | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 10424 | ||||||||||
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| Persons: |
Léonard Gaudin (Maker) | ||||||||||
| Date Created: | c. 1835 | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 2007- 6 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Painted and numerically labelled relief map made of plaster (or gesso) on canvas and wood base, with wood-framed glass cover. The terrain is green/brown depending on altitude, with forest indicated by applied material and mountain peaks and ridges white for snow and glaciers; lakes and rivers are blue; settlements are red-painted glass beads; roads are white with red bridges. Geneva is numbered 1; there are over 1000 numbered features (lakes, mountains, settlements, etc.). There is a north-south arrow in Lake Geneva (Lac Léman). The date comes from the tentative attribution to Léonard Gaudin; see discussion in narrative on comparable example in Geneva. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | "Nord Sud" on orientation arrow in Lake Geneva (Lac Léman). | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Transferred from the School of Geography in 2007, per Sue Bird. | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Plaster Canvas Wood Glass Copper Alloy Red Felt | ||||||||||
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