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Panorama of the Alps with Mont Blanc (fols. 7v-8r)

Lion of Lucerne by Lucas Ahorn (after Bertel Thorvaldsen) (fol. 7r)

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View of Tivoli with St. Peter's in the Distance (fol. 47r)

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Artist/Maker Asher B. Durand (American, 1796 – 1886)

Sketchbook with 50 Folios

1840-1841

Graphite on beige paper bound into a sketchbook

Overall: 11 5/8 x 18 in. (29.5 x 45.7 cm)

Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman

X.486

The sketchbook was custom made in Lucerne. In Durand's Journal (NYPL) of the first part of his European trip on p. 138 (frame 70 in the microfilm) on Monday, 14 September 1840, he notes:"...gave orders for a new sketchbook." It was made to accommodate the fabulous, sometimes panoramic, views of Swiss sites and the Alps in this sketchbook. Inside cover inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Made for me by Meyer / Lucerne Setp. 15th 1840 / Price 9 1/2 Franks / A.B.D."

DescriptionSketchbook

InscribedInscribed on inner front cover at upper right in graphite: "Made for me by Meyer / Lucerne Sep. 15th 1840 / Price 9 1/2 Franks / A.B.D."; on inner back cover 1983 label describing stabilization/conservation treatment

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