Prints

Ausser Atem

Prints: overview

The Swiss National Library’s collection of prints includes image documents as well as iconographic, graphic and artistic works on geography, history, customs, culture, politics and people from Switzerland.
Monte Rosa

Views of places and landscapes

Ever since it was established, the Swiss National Library has collected historical views that document places and landscapes in Switzerland and how they have changed.
Rosenlauigletscher

Schweizer Kleinmeister

The National Library’s collection of Schweizer Kleinmeister contains depictions of places, landscapes and customs from every canton of Switzerland. The R. and A. Gugelmann Collection is the most remarkable part of it.
Gonthier Coulisses de cirque

Marc Gonthier archive

The Marc Gonthier archive offers unique insights into the process of a 20th century Swiss printmaker. The archive includes graphic prints, sketches and printing plates in copper and wood.
Archiv Pochon

Adolf Pochon archive

The drawings in the Adolf Pochon archive reflect the changes in historical military uniforms from the “ancien regime” to the regimentals after the founding of the Swiss federal state.
Pilztafel Walty

Hans Walty archive

Hans Walty was a drawing instructor and painter with a passion for mushroom research. His archive is housed at the Swiss National Library’s Prints and Drawings Department.
Holzstich Arbeiter

Emil Zbinden archive

The Emil Zbinden archive at the Prints and Drawings Department of the National Library testifies to the variety of his art and is an important source for anyone with an interest in his work.
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