Mountaineering 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

Snowdon and Crib Coch, c1896. Artist: I Slater
Snowdon and Crib Coch, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

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

The Crater of Mount Etna - from a drawing by S. Read, 1860. Creator: M. Jackson
The Crater of Mount Etna - from a drawing by S. Read, 1860. Etna, celebrated from the most remote antiquity for its magnitude and its volcanic eruptions

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

'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, September 5, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, September 5, 1891, 1891. The Fatal Accident on Mont Blanc. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Swirrel Edge, Mount Helvellyn, 1854. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
Swirrel Edge, Mount Helvellyn, 1854. Mountains in the Lake District....toward Ulswater, Helvellyn presents a fine precipice, with Red Tarn lying below it; and, on either side of Red Tarn

Monte Rosa, from the North - Mont Blanc, distant 45 Miles, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Monte Rosa, from the North - Mont Blanc, distant 45 Miles, 1854. Zumstein Spitze; Hochste Spitze; Nord End...upon the authority of M

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

Mount Cook, New Zealand, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Mount Cook, New Zealand, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

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

Yawning Crevasse By The Bergli Above Grindelwald, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

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

View of the Matterhorn, late 19th century. The Matterhorn was first climbed in 1865 by Edward Whymper, Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, Douglas Hadow

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

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