Brockedon, William

Waldensian valleys, high passes and mountain villages fill William Brockedon's illustrations for William Beattie's The Walde...

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Waldensian valleys, high passes and mountain villages fill William Brockedon's illustrations for William Beattie's The Waldenses, an account of the Protestant valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny and the Ban de la Roche. Brockedon (1787–1854) was a painter, writer and inventor, and the book, published in 1838, paired his designs with those of W. H. Bartlett. Savoy, the approaches to Lake Geneva and the valleys around Angrogna and the Balsiglia tie religious history to hard mountain journeys, while ruined forts, barricades and soldiers recall conflict and timber wagons, herds and farm work show the valleys inhabited. Plates of Tignes, Mont Cenis and the Arc valley trace the routes through the mountains.

Waldensian valleys, high passes and mountain villages fill William Brockedon's illustrations for William Beattie's The Waldenses, an account of the Protestant valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny and the Ban de la Roche. Brockedon (1787–1854) was a painter, writer and inventor, and the book, published in 1838, paired his designs with those of W. H. Bartlett. Savoy, the approaches to Lake Geneva and the valleys around Angrogna and the Balsiglia tie religious history to hard mountain journeys, while ruined forts, barricades and soldiers recall conflict and timber wagons, herds and farm work show the valleys inhabited. Plates of Tignes, Mont Cenis and the Arc valley trace the routes through the mountains.

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