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Francis Sydney Collection

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Creator: George Baxter

Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Creator: George Baxter
Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Climbers on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps - a man is being pulled out of a crevasse on a rope

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: Professor Tyndall, 1864, (1946). Creator: George Richmond

Professor Tyndall, 1864, (1946). Creator: George Richmond
Professor Tyndall, 1864, (1946). Portrait of Professor John Tyndall (1820-1893), Irish-born physicist and mountaineer. Tyndall was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: The Mer de Glace or Glacier des Bois, 1787, (1946)

The Mer de Glace or Glacier des Bois, 1787, (1946). View of the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) glacier between craggy mountain tops: left, the Charmos; right

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: View of Breit-Lauwinen, c1782-1785, (1946). Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis

View of Breit-Lauwinen, c1782-1785, (1946). Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis
View of Breit-Lauwinen, c1782-1785, (1946). The Breithorn peak and glacier in the Pennine Alps between Italy and Switzerland. From " British Mountaineers", by F. S. Smythe

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: View of Mont Furka with the Rhone Glacier, c1770, (1946). Creator: William Pars

View of Mont Furka with the Rhone Glacier, c1770, (1946). Creator: William Pars
View of Mont Furka with the Rhone Glacier, c1770, (1946). Scene in the Swiss Alps with the Rhone Glacier - the source of the River Rhone - and the Furka Pass beyond

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: The Lütschinen Issuing from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 1782-1785, (1946)

The Lütschinen Issuing from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 1782-1785, (1946)
The Lutschinen Issuing from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 1782-1785, (1946). Mountain scene in the Alps, with the Black Lutschine river which flows from Grindelwald in Switzerland

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: Ben Nevis, mid 19th century, (1946). Creator: William Turner

Ben Nevis, mid 19th century, (1946). Creator: William Turner
Ben Nevis, mid 19th century, (1946). View of Ben Nevis in the Highlands of Scotland, the highest mountain in the British Isles. From " British Mountaineers", by F. S. Smythe

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: The Valley of the Jumna Showing the Two Grand Peaks of Bunder Punch, 1946. Creators

The Valley of the Jumna Showing the Two Grand Peaks of Bunder Punch, 1946. Creators
The Valley of the Jumna Showing the Two Grand Peaks of Bunder Punch, 1820, (1946). View over the Himalayas in northern India, showing the Bandarpunch (or Bandarpoonch) massif

Background imageFrancis Sydney Collection: The Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix, 1786, (1946). Creator: John Warwick Smith

The Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix, 1786, (1946). Creator: John Warwick Smith
The Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix, 1786, (1946). View of the Bossons Glacier, part of the Mont Blanc in the Alps, south-eastern France. Drawing in the British Museum, London


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