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![[Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher] Louis Pfyffer von Wyher Lieutenant General des Armees du Roi de France, qui fet le premier Bas-relief d'une partie de la Suisse; mort a Lucerne on 1802 a l'age de 87 ans.](jpegs/12163.jpg)
[Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher] Louis Pfyffer von Wyher Lieutenant General des Armees du Roi de France, qui fet le premier Bas-relief d'une partie de la Suisse; mort a Lucerne on 1802 a l'age de 87 ans.
J. Schwegler del. [after a painting by Joseph Reinhard] Lith de B Egli a Lucerne.
[n.d. 1815.]
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 335mm 9 x 13". Minor creases visible.
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existance. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768.
[Ref: 12163] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Schwegler del. [after a painting by Joseph Reinhard] Lith de B Egli a Lucerne.
[n.d. 1815.]
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 335mm 9 x 13". Minor creases visible.
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existance. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768.
[Ref: 12163] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer. Generallieutenant in französischen Diensten. geb. 1716 Verfaser des berühmten Reliefs von der Schweiz; in seiner Alpen Tracht, auf dem Pilatus berge zeichnend.
C. Westermayr f. [after Joseph Reinhard]
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½").
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existence. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 12163
[Ref: 29605] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Westermayr f. [after Joseph Reinhard]
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½").
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existence. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 12163
[Ref: 29605] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher] Louis Pfyffer Seigneur de Wyher Lieutenant-General des Armées du Roi de sa Majesté Très-Chret.ne,](jpegs/57010.jpg)
[Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher] Louis Pfyffer Seigneur de Wyher Lieutenant-General des Armées du Roi de sa Majesté Très-Chret.ne, Commandeur de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de St Louis &c. Né à Lucerne en 1716.
Gravé en 1786.
A Basle chez Chrétien de Mechel Graveur.
Aquatint. Sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, a little soiling.
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existance. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768.
[Ref: 57010] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé en 1786.
A Basle chez Chrétien de Mechel Graveur.
Aquatint. Sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, a little soiling.
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existance. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768.
[Ref: 57010] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)