Grindelwald and Mount Wetterhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland – Vintage Wall Art
![Grindelwald and Mount Wetterhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5e/5ef211aa27a5-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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Step back in time with Grindelwald and Mount Wetterhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Grindelwald and Mount Wetterhorn Bernese Oberland Switzerland
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Grindelwald, the alpine village in the Bernese Oberland, sits at the foot of the Wetterhorn, and this photochrom captures that pairing of settlement and peak. Photochrom was a color process developed in Zurich by the Photoglob company, which hand-colored stone lithographs made from photographs, producing vivid postcard-style views that were popular with tourists in the 1890s. Prints like this one, numbered in the company's series of Swiss views, were sold to travelers who wanted a souvenir of the Alpine landscape. Look closely at the meadows and the snowline on the Wetterhorn to see the soft, layered color that the process was known for.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Print no. 17075. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,710 × 3,636 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1657_Grindelwald_and_Mount_W_1890.tif-07029u |
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