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.

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.

Pen-y-Gwryd, Wales: a mountaineering party seated outside Penygwryd Hotel, eight men, six women. Photograph by G.D. and A. Abraham, 1897.

The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: the party breakfasting on a bridge of snow between two cliffs. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.

The Glacier des Bains [or Bois?], Mont Blanc, from the Montanvert to Chamonix. Colour lithograph by J. Arnout, 1843, after G. Loppé.

The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: mountaineers scaling a wall of ice above a precipice. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.

Mont Blanc: travellers outside the cabin on the Grands Mulets. Wood engraving, 1853, after Albert Smith.

Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others ascending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.

Four men and a woman on the side of a rockface with the message 'Positiv/Aktiv; a message about being positive and active when HIV positive by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

James Scott, Australian medical student, lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food. Drawing by Martin Howard Boscott, 1993.

1 print : aquatint, with gouache ; image and border 11.8 x 16.2 cm

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 84 x 59.3 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 9.7 x 14.3 cm

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 15.1 x 20 cm

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Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others descending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.

The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: mountaineers scaling a wall of ice above a precipice. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.

Four men and a woman on the side of a rockface with the message 'Positiv/Aktiv; a message about being positive and active when HIV positive by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

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.

Pen-y-Gwryd, Wales: a mountaineering party seated outside Penygwryd Hotel, eight men, six women. Photograph by G.D. and A. Abraham, 1897.

Mountaineers

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Images referencing Mountaineers

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Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others descending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.

The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: mountaineers scaling a wall of ice above a precipice. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.

Four men and a woman on the side of a rockface with the message 'Positiv/Aktiv; a message about being positive and active when HIV positive by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

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.

Pen-y-Gwryd, Wales: a mountaineering party seated outside Penygwryd Hotel, eight men, six women. Photograph by G.D. and A. Abraham, 1897.

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