Ref NoLDGSL/519
TitleEngraving, 'Immense catafalque et triste tombeau d'une partie des braves habitans de la valleé d'Arth'
Date[c.1806]
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionEngraving, 'Immense catafalque et triste tombeau d'une partie des braves habitans de la valleé d'Arth', by A Giradet, [c.1806]. The print shows the aftermath of the landslide from the mountain of Rossberg [now known as Wildspitz], Switzerland, which destroyed the village of Goldau, killing nearly 500 people on 2 September 1806.
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ProvenancePresented by Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 18 May 1826.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorName 
TermLandslides
Natural disasters
Places
CodePlaceName
NA73Switzerland
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