Rigi

The Rigi is a mere outlying sentinel, and the view it commands is too distant to be very striking.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

-- The Rigi is a group of mountains about twenty-five miles in circumference, lying between lakes Lucerne,

Shepp's Photographs of the World Daniel B. Shepp

We had planned long ago, before the spell of the Contessa fell upon us, to make the journey we were taking now, by way of the Semnoz, the so-called Rigi of this Alpine Savoy, which is neither wholly French nor wholly Italian.

The Princess Passes 1901

The Jundullah terrorist group, known as the Rigi group, has conducted a series of deadly terrorist acts in eastern Iran.

Today.Az 2010

Even a staunch admirer of Turner, the redoubtable art critic Brian Sewell wrote at the time the Tate was mounting its campaign to save The Blue Rigi painting from being sold abroad: This is just bloody silly.

A legacy Turner would have approved of | Charles Saatchi 2012

We have 20,000 Turners in this country and we do not need to spend £5m to keep The Blue Rigi or indeed any of the Rigis.

A legacy Turner would have approved of | Charles Saatchi 2012

Tate Britain 'The Blue Rigi, Sunrise' 1842 by J.M.W. Turner The curatorial team of 10 specialists, headed by Alison Smith, arranged their selection of more than 200 works, most from the Tate's and other British collections, somewhat chronologically.

Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

J.M.W. Turner's "The Blue Rigi, Sunrise," painted in 1842, looks across Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, where the mountain becomes a conduit for reflecting light and color, showing watercolor's prized purity and translucency.

Historic Watercolors Flood U.K. Museum 2011

He's here with a delicate architectural sketch ("Fountains Abbey," 1797), a shimmering seascape ("The Blue Rigi, Sunrise," 1842), and even a majestic landscape.

Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

JMW Turner's Blue Rigi, which was 'saved for the nation' in 2007 when the Tate raised £4.95m to keep it in the UK.

A legacy Turner would have approved of | Charles Saatchi 2012