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This black and white illustration features a Swiss cottage at the center, surrounded by foliage and mountains in the background. The style shows detailed linework and textures of trees, stone paths, and shrubs. A stone path leads to the cottage, with a small fence and a couple in traditional attire walking towards it. The color scheme is grayscale, emphasizing the detailed textures of natural elements and architectural features of the cottage.
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This black and white illustration features a Swiss cottage at the center, surrounded by foliage and mountains in the background. The style shows detailed linework and textures of trees, stone paths, and shrubs. A stone path leads to the cottage, with a small fence and a couple in traditional attire walking towards it. The color scheme is grayscale, emphasizing the detailed textures of natural elements and architectural features of the cottage.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Swiss Cottage

Richenda Cunningham

Date
c.1825
Medium
lithograph on chine colle
Dimensions
image: 21.2 × 28.9 cm (8 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.) sheet: 32.2 × 42.2 cm (12 11/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2014.140.1
Credit line
Gift of Andrew Robison
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Nine Views Taken on the Continent

Subjects and terms

  • exterior
  • architecture
  • lithograph
Provenance

(Andrew Robison, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2014).

Inscription

lower left in stone: R. C.; lower right in stone: Printed by C. Hullmandel; lower center in stone: A SWISS COTTAGE

NGA object ID 169145. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.