Simplon, Switzerland
Simplon, Switzerland
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Simplon, Switzerlandinscribed lower left: ..mplon/Sept. 1837 and inscribed with H lower rightPencil heightened with white on grey paper, with corners cut32.4 by 22.6cm., 12 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.The Simplon Pass is historically one of the major routes across the Alps from Switzerland to Italy. In the early nineteenth century a road through the pass was built to link Brig in Switzerland with Domodossola in Italy.){kind=link}
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Simplon, Switzerland
inscribed lower left: ..mplon/Sept. 1837 and inscribed with H lower right
Pencil heightened with white on grey paper, with corners cut
32.4 by 22.6cm., 12 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
The Simplon Pass is historically one of the major routes across the Alps from Switzerland to Italy. In the early nineteenth century a road through the pass was built to link Brig in Switzerland with Domodossola in Italy.