LOCHER, [Gottfried] (fl. 1820) - photo 1
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LOCHER, [Gottfried] (fl. 1820)

Lot 228
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 2 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992985
Lot 228 | LOCHER, [Gottfried] (fl. 1820)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
LOCHER, [Gottfried] (fl. 1820)

Recueil de Portraits et Costumes Suisses les plus élégants; usités dans le 22 Cantons accompagné d’un supplément… Berne: J. P. Lamy, [n. d. but c. 1820].

One of the most beautiful and sought-after costume works from Switzerland, each plate depicts a lady in her respective local costume, the accompanying text naming the woman and her Canton. Formed of the original 22 plates and the supplementary 8 plates, the suite of elegantly designed compositions presents the costumes in minute detail, recording the textiles, accessories and materials of each outfit. The accompanying text provides further insight into the depicted women, for example of Hélène from Lucerne we are informed that ‘sa beauté, sa douceur et son goût pour les plaisirs, la firent remarquer du tems de la République Helvétique’ (her beauty, her sweetness and her taste for pleasures, made her known during the time of the Helvetic Republic, plate 3). The present copy was once part of the library of Anne Rushout, a British watercolourist and diarist, who sat for portraits by Allen Ramsey and Angelica Kauffman. Bobins II, 457; Colas 872; Hiler 240; Lipperheide Ga 30.



Quarto (308 x 246mm). Printed title, 30 leaves of letterpress and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates mounted on brown paper, captioned with the name of the Canton and bordered in ink manuscript (spotting to title and letterpress leaves). Original publisher's boards with black morocco gilt lettering piece on upper cover (re-backed and re-cornered, preserving original green glazed endpapers). Provenance: Honorable Anne Rushout (c. 1767–1849; label to front pastedown) — publisher’s engraved trade card pasted on front flyleaf.





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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