A Beautiful Group of Five Hand-Coloured Copper Plates of Fish From “A Collection of Voyages and Travels” c.1730 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Bernard Pass by St Bernard

Bernard Pass by St Bernard de Menthon in 1049 as a refuge for travelers and pilgrims

5” (at extremities) / Mirror Plate: 9

the only sense of her weight provided by the splay of her skirt

As per a sacrifice

This type of art had the immediacy and drama then that movies today have for modern audiences with the most humble of peasants being able to relate to what they saw

A Beautiful Group of Five Hand-Coloured Copper Plates of Fish From “A Collection of Voyages and Travels” c.1730 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Bernard Pass by St BernardOrigin: English Period: George II Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1730 In Frames: 20. 25 wide x 15. 5 high (each) The large and beautifully hand coloured decorative group of five copper plates being the original illustrations published in London around c. 1730 and certainly between 1704 47 for "A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts, others now first Published in English" By Awnsham and John Churchill, and