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Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)

Images

  • H.-B. de Saussure and his party halting on the Col du Géant on their ascent of Mont Blanc, 1787. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann, 1863.
  • Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: the party negotiating a cliff. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others descending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: traversing a gap in a glacier. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
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Catalogue

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    Mont Blanc. Engraving by R. Wallis after W.H. Bartlett.

    Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. | Date: [1835?] | Reference: 43845i
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    Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, 16th-18th of 9th month September, 1834 / By Martin Barry, M.D.

    Barry, M. (Martin), 1802-1855. | Date: [1835]
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    [Newspaper cutting advertising an entertainment organised by Albert Smith of views of a journey to Mont Blanc (painted by William Beverley) at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].

    | Date: 1856
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    Henriette d'Angeville and her party ascending Mont Blanc, 1838. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann.

    Baumann, F. | Reference: 43859i
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    Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others descending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.

    | Reference: 43847i
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