Andermatt, Before the Post Office in. Richest crowd between postal car and postal horses for lone travelers à la uphill in the background with a porter going by their side. Wood engraving after Carl von Häberlin (Ober-Esslingen 1832 – Stuttgart 1911) at A. Closs, Stuttgart. (1876/77.) Inscribed: CVH, otherwise as above. 14.2-17.4 x 17.8 cm. – Very instructive .
BACK: Fog Clouds at the Mountains. Wood engraving by Arthur Calame (1843 Geneva 1919) after Alexandre Calame (Vevey 1810 – Mentone 1864); "The proper home of his art but remained the Suisse high mountain region", Thieme-Becker). Inscribed: AR Calame d'ap(rès) Alex. Calame, otherwise as above. 9.7 x 12 cm.
On both sides text to weather and wandering closed in itself: "... leaf through the Bern 'Bund', take the 'Journal de Genève' in hand, or seek to cheer up yourself in the depictions of sunny mountain wanderings of the amusing Zurich 'Alpenpost' ...".
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„ … Die (vom Schwiegervater geerbten Par force-Jagd) Ridinger … habe ich in meinem Arbeitszimmer bestens neben einem Gobelin plaziert und möchte sie nicht mehr verkaufen. Besten Dank und ein Kompliment an Ihr Haus, dass sie nach so vielen Jahren noch an mich gedacht haben “
(Herr K.-A. H., 2. Februar 2004)