ENGRAVED FOUNTAIN WILLIAM TELL. ALTDORF. ROUARGUE.

Description:
- Engraving of the Fountain of Guillerno Tell, in Altdorf (Switzerland). Symbol of the Swiss struggle for freedom. It shows peasant women cleaning clothes in the fountain.
- According to tradition, William Tell was a crossbowman, famous for his marksmanship, who defied the governor's authority by refusing to salute his hat.
- All titles and signatures are outside the plate. The draughtsman is unknown.
- In the upper margin is the legend 'Altorf - Altorf - Altdorf'.
- In the lower margin is the legend 'Fontaine de Guillaume Tell - Fontaine de Guillaume Tell - Tell's Brunnen'.
- The number '12' is printed in the upper right-hand corner, suggesting that the engraving is number 12 in a series.
- In the lower margin, in the centre, the Engraver signs only as Rouargue, so it is by one of the two Rouargue brothers. In our opinion, the author of the engraving plate is most probably Adolphe Rouargue (1810 - After 1870).
- Chalcographic etching, although another technique could also have been used.
- It is probably an engraving from a book.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: Good.
- The ink is very good, and it has a good stamping.
- The engraving is on medium-thick paper of fair quality.
- The engraving has suffered from humidity, so the paper has small humidity stains and rust spots, all of which are more pronounced as we approach the edges.
- The engraving is dirty, and the edges are much dirtier, with very small tears, and the tips are slightly deteriorated with slight bending.
- A light washing and bleaching would be a very good result.

Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- Ideal engraving as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Engraving for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of it.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.