Lot 1690
FRENCH/SWISS SCHOOL, c.1800
BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE'S ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, AUGUST 1787
Two watercolours, showing the ascent and descent, apparently copied from the celebrated engravings published by Christian von Mechel of Basel, 1790, each inscribed in French
Each leaf 30.5 x 46cm and 27.5 x 45cm., framed as one
* The authorship of the original drawings from which the prints were made is uncertain. Suggested attributions have included Bacler d'Albe, Marquard Wocher, C. L. Zehender, Henri L'Eveque and von Mechel himself.
