Lion Monument Lucerne Switzerland – Vintage Wall Art
![Lion Monument Lucerne Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0b/0b61aab73daa-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Lion Monument Lucerne Switzerland. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lion Monument Lucerne Switzerland
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Carved into a sandstone cliff in Lucerne, the Lion Monument honors the Swiss Guards who died defending the Tuileries Palace in Paris on 10 August 1792, during the French Revolution. The sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen designed the dying lion, which was completed in 1821. This photochrom print, one of the color views of Switzerland issued in the 1890s, shows the monument as many travelers of that period would have seen it. Mark Twain later called it the saddest and most moving piece of stone he had ever seen.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Print no. 17006. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,636 × 2,670 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2384_Lion_Monument_Lucerne_S_1890.tif-07292u |
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