Climbers on the summit of Mont Blanc
- Title:
- Climbers on the summit of Mont Blanc
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Charnaux, Florentin
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1870
- ID Number:
- 2017
- File Name:
- 2017.036.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Exploration
Expansion
Colonialism
Mont Blanc
Alps - Measurement:
- 17.8 x 25.4 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- View from a short distance of four people atop a soft-looking hill of snow with nothing but clouds beyond them. The people are in silhouette, they wear brimmed hats, are connected by ropes and have hiking poles. Footprints are visible in the snow leading from the camera to the people. Vignetting at all four corners.
- Notes:
- Matted albumen print.
One of three photographs of summiting Mont-Blanc by Charnaux held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum. - Cite As:
- Florentin Charnaux, Swiss, 1832–1883, Climbers on the summit of Mont Blanc, ca. 1870. Albumen print, 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Virginia M. Lindseth, Class of 1956, and Jon A. Lindseth, Class of 1956, 2017.036.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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