The Alps Collection

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

The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, ca. 1866. Creator: John Ruskin
The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, ca. 1866

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

Advertisement for tourism at Chambery, France, c1920s

Ascent of Mt. Blanc - crossing Bossons Glacier - Grands Mulets in distance, Alps, 1901. Climbers in the French Alps. Stereocard by Underwood & Underwood

"Sunrise on the Königs See, Berchtesgaden, Bavarian Alps", by W. C. Smith, in the exhibition...1864
"Sunrise on the Konigs See, Berchtesgaden, Bavarian Alps", by W. C. Smith, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours

Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Travelling over the Alps by sleigh....tremendous faces of rock rise perpendicularly...there is a fearful precipice

A Party of Tourists Crossing the Mer de Glace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Party of Tourists Crossing the Mer de Glace, 1858. Foremost...are a couple of German students...[who] on finding a loose block of ice conveniently near the chasm's edge, they heave, raise

The Great Semmering Railway - the Bollerswand Viaduct and Tunnel, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Great Semmering Railway - the Bollerswand Viaduct and Tunnel, 1860. This is a great engineering work constructed through a mountain range to Styria

Le Champ de Bataille de L'Italie; mouvement des operations Italiennes jusqu'a la fin... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Le Champ de Bataille de L'Italie; mouvement des operations Italiennes jusqu'a la fin de l'annee 1917, 1917. First World War

The Great Semmering Railway - the Weinzettelwand Tunnel, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Great Semmering Railway - the Weinzettelwand Tunnel, 1860. This is a great engineering work constructed through a mountain range to Styria, mainly by means of a series of viaducts and tunnels

View of the Alps, c.1888-c.1901. Creator: Anna Catharina Maria van Eeghen
View of the Alps, c.1888-c.1901

Le Passage d'Annibal, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Passage d'Annibal, 1842. Hannibal's Crossing. Dans ces monts sourcilleux dont la neigeuse aigrette [?] Semble un front chenu de geant

Par Dela les Alpes; Sur le front italien: l'explosion d'un shrapnell sur une tranchee... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Par Dela les Alpes; Sur le front italien: l'explosion d'un shrapnell sur une tranchee francaise, le coup a surpris plusieurs de nos hommes en terrain decouvert; un seul, tombe sur la face

Par Dela les Alpes; L'hiver sur les pentes de l'Adamello: les honneurs au cercueil d'un... 1917
Par Dela les Alpes; L'hiver sur les pentes de l'Adamello: les honneurs au cercueil d'un officier superieur italien tombe dans un combat d'avant-poste; la biere va etre descendue dans

The Ascent of the Great St. Bernard - loading wood for the Hospice near St. Pierre, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Ascent of the Great St. Bernard - loading wood for the Hospice near St. Pierre - from a drawing by G. Barnard, 1858. Mr

Mont Cervin (or Matterhorn) from above Gumont, Val Tournanche, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mont Cervin (or Matterhorn) from above Gumont, Val Tournanche - from a drawing by George Barnard, 1858. The mountain...is of a pyramidal form

The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Madonna del Sasso; Magadino

The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. The Devil's Bridge; Amstag; Fluellen; Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne'

Fantasy of the Alps, 1822. Creator: Carl Gustav Carus
Fantasy of the Alps, 1822

View from Mt. Blanc, c.1860s. Creator: Francis Frith
View from Mt. Blanc, c.1860s

The Schriekhorn, Grindelwald, c.1860s. Creator: Francis Frith
The Schriekhorn, Grindelwald, c.1860s

Alpine View, c.1860s. Creator: Francis Frith
Alpine View, c.1860s

La Suisse hospitaliere; un groupe de malades francais faisant une cure de soleil sur la... Creator: Unknown
La Suisse hospitaliere; un groupe de malades francais faisant une cure de soleil sur la terrasse de l'hotel de l'Aurore'

Sur le front Italien; une passerelle a 3, 000 metres d'altitude, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; une passerelle a 3, 000 metres d'altitude, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; un coin du champ de bataille: le col de Lago Scuro, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; un coin du champ de bataille: le col de Lago Scuro, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; Les pentes des monts Presana et Zigolone, don't les sommets... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; Les pentes des monts Presana et Zigolone, don't les sommets (3069 m. et 3040 m.) furent emportes par les Italiens, le 26 mai, 1918

Sur le front Italien; L'arete de Montozzo, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; L'arete de Montozzo, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; Dans la region du Tonale: un poste d'acces difficile, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; Dans la region du Tonale: un poste d'acces difficile, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; En haute montagne: une tranchee et un poste avance a... 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; En haute montagne: une tranchee et un poste avance a 3, 000 metres en Carnie, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris

Mountain landscape with rocks and trees in Berner Oberland, 1838-1915. Creator: Johannes Gysbert Vogel
Mountain landscape with rocks and trees in Berner Oberland, 1838-1915

"The Lake of Geneva" - painted by W. Collingwood Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Paint Creator
"The Lake of Geneva" - painted by W. Collingwood Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1856. Engraving of a painting. Mr

Les difficultes de la guetre en Montagne; une grosse piece halee a bras par 600 hommes, 1915. Creator: Robert Vaucher
Les difficultes de la guetre en Montagne; une grosse piece halee a bras par 600 hommes, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Sur le Front Italien; comment il fallut attaquer le Monte Nero, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Sur le Front Italien; comment il fallut attaquer le Monte Nero, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

les premieres operations Italiennes; la population de Cormons accueille les bersaglieri, 1915. Creator: Unknown
les premieres operations Italiennes; la population de Cormons accueille les bersaglieri en liberateurs, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond, 1862. Creator: Carl Wagner
The Castle of Burglen with the Alps Beyond, 1862

An Alpine Village in Summertime. Creator: Jean-Antoine Linck
An Alpine Village in Summertime

The New Swiss Railway Ascending Monte Generoso, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The New Swiss Railway Ascending Monte Generoso, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Japanese alps, 20th century. Creator: Yamamoto Shunkyo
Japanese alps, 20th century

Japanese alps, 20th century. Creator: Yamamoto Shunkyo
Japanese alps, 20th century

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

Donnerstag - Berchtesgaden und der Watzmann (Thursday - Berchtesgaden and the...), 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Donnerstag - Berchtesgaden und der Watzmann (Thursday - Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann Mountain), 1823

"The Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne" - painted by W.C. Smith - from the Exhibition of the... 1854
"The Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne" - painted by W.C. Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1854. 1854

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

Italian landscape at the tomb, c1818. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Italian landscape at the tomb, c1818

Thursday: Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann, 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Thursday: Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann, 1823

Two Men by Pond below Alps, 1800-1899. Creator: Unknown
Two Men by Pond below Alps, 1800-1899

View of the Village of Chamonix, and the Bossons Glacier, n.d. Creator: Unknown
View of the Village of Chamonix, and the Bossons Glacier, n.d

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