L'hospice du Grimsel cant de Berne..
Switzerland, Zurich, Fuissly & Co...Page size approx [9 x 12 ins].(c.1830).
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Description
Original aquatint print engraved by D.A Schmied.taken from an original drawing by J. Sperli ,. , .. Showing :The Grimsel Pass formed, along with the Nufenen and Gries passes, a regional trade route between the Haslital and Domodossola and the Lombardy plain. Cheese and cattle were sent south, whilst wine, rice, corn and olive oil came north. This trade continued until the opening of the Gotthard railway in 1882.
Technical Data
| Author | Schmied, D.A. (antique aquatint print). |
| Reference Number | 7741 |