Mountaineer Collection

[The Ascent of Mont Blanc], 1861. Creator: Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
[The Ascent of Mont Blanc], 1861

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

The Crater of Mount Etna in 1809 - from a sketch by Signor Gimmellaro, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Crater of Mount Etna in 1809 - from a sketch by Signor Gimmellaro, 1858. Before us and beneath us was the crater of Etna. The circumference of the crater, according to Sig

Costumes de Différents Pays, Montagnard de l'Arabie Petrée, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Montagnard de l'Arabie Petree, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Montagnard du Mexique, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Montagnard du Mexique, c1797

REO Mountaineer, New York to San Francisco and back, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
REO Mountaineer, New York to San Francisco and back, between 1900 and 1905. "Huber's Hotel, Cafe" on awning

Mr. Albert Smith's Entertainment - "The Overland Mail", at Willis's Rooms, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Albert Smith's Entertainment - "The Overland Mail", at Willis's Rooms, [London], 1850. Author, entertainer

Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition leaving the station of the Grands Mulets, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

Drama on Mont Blanc, Alps, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st August 1902

The Mur de la Cote, c1855. Artist: George Baxter
The Mur de la Cote, c1855. From the mid 19th century, the British professional and leisured classes travelled to the Alps for health and recreation

Mountaineers of the Western Himalayas, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Mountaineers of the Western Himalayas, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

High Bluffs, Black Buttes, 1868 / 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell
High Bluffs, Black Buttes, 1868/69. Albumen print, pl. viii from the album " Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Dancing Town (The Top of the World), 1922. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Dancing Town (The Top of the World), 1922

Dr. William H. Holmes, 1931. Creator: Edmund Hodgson Smart
Dr. William H. Holmes, 1931

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

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

Men in traditional dress, Mühlviertel, Upper Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Men in traditional dress, Muhlviertel, Upper Austria, c1935. Men from the Muhlviertel region wearing waistcoats, decorated belts and climbing boots, and holding lengths of rope

Bavarian Mountaineers, Germany, 1898. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
Bavarian Mountaineers, Germany, 1898. From " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

Wonderland Avenue, or the Silent Street, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, 1908. Creator
Wonderland Avenue, or the Silent Street, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, 1908. Full of curious profiles and grinning gargoyles. Unusual rock formation in the Grampians National Park in Victoria

The Look-Out Rock, Buffalo Ranges, Victoria, Australia, c1909. Creator: George Rose
The Look-Out Rock, Buffalo Ranges, Victoria, Australia, c1909....an immense boulder near the Hospice, scaled by a wire ladder. People standing on top of an unusal rock formation

Mount Cook, and the Head of the Hooker Glacier, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
Mount Cook, and the Head of the Hooker Glacier, New Zealand, c1909....from a dangerous pinnacle on Mount Wakefield. One of a set of stereocard views by George Rose

The Tasman and Rudolph Glaciers, Southern Alps, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
The Tasman and Rudolph Glaciers, Southern Alps, New Zealand, c1909. A birds eye view from the Glacier Dome. One of a set of stereocard views by George Rose

Mount Cook, and the Hooker Glacier and Valley, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
Mount Cook, and the Hooker Glacier and Valley, New Zealand, c1909. as seen from a spur on Mount Wakefield. One of a set of stereocard views by George Rose

A Dangerous Ascent, Mount Malte Brun, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
A Dangerous Ascent, Mount Malte Brun, New Zealand, c1909. In the icy depths below is the Tasman Glacier. One of a set of stereocard views by George Rose

Descent of Mt. Blanc - enormous crevasses near the summit, Alps, 1901. Creator
Descent of Mt. Blanc - enormous crevasses near the summit, Alps, 1901. Climbers on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, which stands between the Aosta Valley in Italy

A heroic act, 1914. Creator: Unknown
A heroic act, 1914. La Tournee Heroique. A postman saves a traveller lost in the snows of the Alps. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Supplement Illustre". [France, 18 January 1914]

The Rockies: Asulkan Glacier, Hermit Range, Canada, 1895. Creator: William Notman & Son
The Rockies: Asulkan Glacier, Hermit Range, Canada, 1895. Mountaineer between two crevasses of a glacier in British Columbia

Among mountains and chasms of ice - enormous crevasses of Brigsdal glacier, - Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

A Cannonade on the Matterhorn, from Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860 - 69, pub. 1871 (engraving), 1871

The Club Room of Zermatt in 1864, 19th century. Artist: James Mahoney
The Club Room of Zermatt in 1864, 19th century. A group of the most prominent alpinists of the Golden Age of alpine climbing. From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

Charles Fellows with William Hawes, plants a baton on the summit of Mont Blanc, 1827. Included as an insert in A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc by Charles Fellows

Mountaineering accident, 19th century. We saw a toe- it seemed to belong to Moore- we saw Reynaud a flying body. From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper, British mountaineer, 1865 (1956). Whymper is best known for his involvement in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, accomplished in 1865

Edelweiss, late 19th or early 20th century(?)

Mountaineers, late 19th or early 20th century

Ascending a steep snowfield, Stevens Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ascending a steep snowfield, Stevens Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Bavarian Mountaineers, Germany. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Bavarian Mountaineers, Germany. Stereoscopic card detail

Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), English author, critic and mountaineer, early 20th century. Stephen was the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856-1937), 1893. Artist: W&D Downey
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856-1937), 1893. Conway was an English art critic, politician and mountaineer

Mont Blanc du Tacul and the Dent du Requin, the Alps, early 20th century

Climbing through the Bossons icefall on the way up Mont Blanc, Switzerland, early 20th century

The Bernina Range, Alps, early 20th century
The Bernina Range, Alps, 20th century

Peteret ridge, Mont Blanc, France, early 20th century

Mount Feathertop, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890. Tyndall (1820-1893) was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, late 19th-early 20th century. Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (1873-1933), son of Amadeo I, King of Spain

The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Bujon was a French soldier killed in a mountaineering accident on the Aiguille de Chambeyron on 16th August 1891

John Tyndall, Irish-born British physicist and populariser of science, c1880. Tyndall (1820-1893) was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

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