Adwa volcano and Mount Ayalu, Ethiopia: in the foreground, two dwellings (left, of stone; right, of wattle). Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.
- Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.
- Date:
- [1852-1855]
- Reference:
- 3015969i
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Description
Women and children are shown in the foreground
Publication/Creation
[London] : [F.G. Moon] ; [Munich] : [The author], [1852-1855]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.6 x 34.7 cm
Lettering
Mount Abida and Aiyalu, with a Beduin encampment. J.M. Bernatz del. Leop. Rottmann lith.
Bears number: XVIII
References note
R. Kirk, 'Report on the route from Tajurra to Ankóbar, travelled by the Mission to Shwá, under charge of Captain W. C. Harris, Engineers, 1841 (close of the dry season)', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1842, 12: 221-238 (pp. 231-232)
Not in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, though mentioned on p. 258, under no. 291 (W.C. Harris, The highlands of Aethiopia, 1844)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3015969i
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