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Artist
- Name:
- Calame, Alexandre, Français, François-Louis
- Dates:
- 1810-1864; 1814-1897
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Buildings & monuments, Landscapes & places
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Williams, Thomas
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Voyages en zigzag
- Author(s):
- Töpffer, Rodolphe
- Publisher:
- Paris: J.-J. Dubochet & Cie., 1844
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man and a woman are sitting in the shadow of a few trees on the shores of Lake Geneva, facing Chillon Castle. The castle is mentioned by Lord Byron in his poem “The Prisoner of Chillon,” illustrated by Ford Madox Brown, among others.
The caption reads in the original French: Le château de Chillon.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, castle, couple, Europe, lake, Switzerland


