La Grande Helvétie was manufactured by Zuber of Rixheim with its original edition in 1804. The set was designed by Pierre-Antoine Mangin from a variety of sources including contemporary engravings and romantic landscape paintings by artists such as Caspar Wolf. The illustrated panel shows two travellers being led by a guide, reputedly depicting Mangin himself with his painting equipment, with his travelling companion, the naturalist Johann. For a complete discussion of La Grande Helvétie,see O. Nouvel-Kammerer, Papier Peints Panoramiques, Paris, 18 September 1990-20 January 1991, p.295.