Swiss Collection (page 25)

Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss Reformation divine, c1530 (1851). Chaplain to Swiss forces during Second War of Kappel when he was killed in battle. Steel engraving

Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, 1902. Dunant (1828-1910) inspired the foundation of the International Red Cross after the Battle of Solferino (1859)

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph

Jean Caspar Bauhin (1606-1659), Swiss physician and botanist. Bauhin was professor of botany at Basel University. He was appointed physician in ordinary to King Louis XIV of France in 1659

The Druggists Shop, 1568. Artist: Jost Amman
The Druggists Shop, 1568. The druggist is grinding down ingredients with a pestle and mortar. Illustration by Jost Amman for his The Book of Trades. (Frankfurt am Main, 1568)

Ferney near Geneva, Switzerland, 1786. The chateau where Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and embodiment of the Enlightenment, settled after 1758, viewed from the garden

Young Woman in a Black Hat, 1908. Artist: Felix Vallotton
Young Woman in a Black Hat, 1908. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Merry Swiss Boy The Return of the Tourist, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
The Merry Swiss Boy The Return of the Tourist, 1865. On the one side, a jolly Swiss landlord sings as he counts his money

Birth and Christening of Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Stuttgart, March 17, 1616... 17th century
Birth and Christening of Frederick, Duke of Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, March 17, 1616, 17th century

A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860. Creator: Karl Bodmer
A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860

Wild Cat, ca. 1860. Creator: Karl Bodmer
Wild Cat, ca. 1860

Nidan W. Neuchatel, from Picturesque Selections, 1859. Creator: James Duffield Harding
Nidan W. Neuchatel, from Picturesque Selections, 1859

Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections, 1859. Creator: James Duffield Harding
Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections, 1859

Lake of Uri and Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections, 1859

Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections, 1860. Creator: James Duffield Harding
Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections, 1860

Saint Gothard, W. Wasen, from Picturesque Selections, 1860

Alpine Landscape, 1861. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Alpine Landscape, 1861

Brunnen, 1852. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Brunnen, 1852

Vier Waldstaettersee, n. d. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Vier Waldstaettersee, n.d

Pozzuoli, 1852. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Pozzuoli, 1852

Omega stopwatch, ca. 1960. Creator: Omega
Omega stopwatch owned by Chris Dundee, original owner of the World Famous 5th St. Gym, a boxing gym in Miami Beach, Florida, where many fighters made their names, including Muhammad Ali

Mulier Basiliensis (Woman of Basel);, 1644. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Mulier Basiliensis (Woman of Basel);, 1644

Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral in Strasbourg, 1574. Creator: Tobias Stimmer
Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral in Strasbourg, 1574

Landscape, 1839. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Landscape, 1839. [Oberland Bernois]

Portrait of Theodore Tronchin, 1782. Creator: Rene Gaillard
Portrait of Theodore Tronchin, 1782

Portrait of ReneHerault, . n. d. n. d Creator: Pierre Dupin
Portrait of Rene Herault, .n.d

Essais d'autographie/ Essai de physiognomie, 1842/1845. Creators: Rodolphe Topffer, Unknown
Essais d'autographie/ Essai de physiognomie, 1842/1845

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