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Chateau de Chillon.
Chateau de Chillon.
Winterlin pinx.t J.J. Tanner sculp.t
Hasler & C.ie éditeurs à Bale.
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10"). Slight foxing.
A landscape view of Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The castle was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. After Anton Winterlin (1805-94), Swiss artist based in Basle.
[Ref: 41107]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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