20 - E. BRETENIÈRES (*1804), Walnut tree near St. Gervais, Switzerland, 1852, Pencil

E. BRETENIÈRES (*1804), Walnut tree near St. Gervais, Switzerland, 1852, Pencil Edmond de Bretenières (1804 Dijon - 1882 ibid.): Nussbaum near StGervais, Journey to Switzerland, Sketchbook, 1852, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Inscribed and dated lower right. Date: 1852 Description: From a scrapbook with travel sketches by the artist. "Esquisses faites par le Baron Edmond de Bretenières feudant les voyages en Suisse" (Sketches made by Baron Edmond de Bretenieres during his travels in Switzerland). Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Switzerland, Size: Paper: 17,1 cm x 23,0 cm (6,7 x 9,1 in) Condition: Very good condition. Minimally creased in the corners due to old mounting. The upper right corner of the sheet is slightly torn and thinned out in the paper. Faint traces of creasing and individual brownish liquid stains are visible in the left half of the sheet.