Landscape with a Young Girl at a Waterfall

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer Swiss

late 18th–19th century

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Title: Landscape with a Young Girl at a Waterfall
Artist: Wolfgang Adam Töpffer (Swiss, Geneva 1766–1847 Morillon)
Date: late 18th–19th century
Medium: Brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22.1 x 29 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2008
Object Number: 2008.51
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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