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[Switzerland] USTERI (Johann Martin) – WOCHER (Marquard).
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[Switzerland] USTERI (Johann Martin) – WOCHER (Marquard).
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Estimate €200 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
[Switzerland] USTERI (Johann Martin) – WOCHER (Marquard). The Sunday Prayer of a Resident of Unterwalde, a series of seven scenes from the Swiss Revolution. Based on a work by J. Martin Usteri in Zurich, executed and line-engraved by Marquard Wocher in Basel. Basel, Bern and Geneva, J.-P. Lamy, ca. 1820/1830). Mounted in a contemporary half-basane folder titled ‘Souvenir de la Suisse’.
Title page and 7 subject-trimmed aquatints, delicately enhanced with watercolour; comprising 8 sheets mounted on large boards with handwritten contemporary captions beneath each view.
A rare complete series devoted to the events of the Swiss Revolution and, more specifically, to the Unterwald uprising of 1798, transposing the various lines of the Lord’s Prayer into the life of a Swiss shepherd confronted with the misfortunes of war: atrocities, the burning of his home, flight, destitution and the loss of his loved ones.
A COPY IN PERIOD COLOURING, the aquatints—normally printed in brown—having here been delicately enhanced with watercolour and retaining all their freshness.
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
Auction location
Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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