Alpine Collection (#98)

Switzerland - Wallenstadt - Lake Walen
Walenstadt - a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen. Date: circa 1920s

Switzerland - Chur - the riverbank of the Plessur River
Chur or Coire - the capital and largest town within the Swiss canton of Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton

Shepherd Boy and favourite cow - Idyllic Swiss Alpine Scene
A delightful photograph of a young Shepherd Boy and his favourite cow - Idyllic Swiss Alpine Scene. Date: circa 1920s

Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch & Furnicular
Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch and the Furnicular with a distant view of the snow-capped Alps. There has obviously been a little bit of artistic license invoked in the construction

Switzerland - Lucerne and the Alps. Date: circa 1920s

Switzerland - Zug and view toward the Alps over the Zugersee. Date: circa 1920s

Switzerland - Vitznau on Lake Lucerne
Switzerland - Vitznau - situated in an idyllic bay of Lake Lucerne at the foot of the Rigi. Date: circa 1920s

Switzerland - summit of Vrenelisgartli - Glarnisch massif
Mountaineers at the summit of Vrenelisgartli - one of the peaks of the Glarnisch mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus, Switzerland

Climbers at the peak of a mountain in the Churfirsten range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Chalet below the Wetterhorn, Grindelwald, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Alpine Dairy Herdsmen (Sennen) eat their evening meal
Traditional Life in Switzerland - A group of Alpine Dairy Herdsmen (Sennen) take their evening meal of soup (or fondue) and bread outside a barn. Date: circa 1920s

The Jungfrau and her neighbours, Switzerland, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Jungfrau and her neighbours, Switzerland, 1895. The Jungfrau, one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, is 4, 158 metres (13, 642 feet) high

The Alpine Spirits Sanctuary - the charming Zermatt, and the Matterhorn Switzerland
The " Alpine Spirit s" Sanctuary - the charming Zermatt, and the Matterhorn Switzerland, 1901. Woman with a basket on her back carrying a sickle

Snow covered mountain sides in Valsavarenche Valley with European larch (Larix decidua) trees in autumn, Gran Paradiso National Parks, Italy, November 2014

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in deep snow trying to struggle their way out, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November

Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) portrait of young male, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, July

Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) close-up of flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Alpine lovage (Ligusticum mutellina) flower head, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Fort Lesseillon, near Bramante, 1827. Creator: Thomas Barber
Fort Lesseillon, near Bramante, 1827. Alpine pass leading to the fortifications at Esseillon in Savoy, France

Louesch (Valais), 19th century. Creator: A Cuvillier
Louesch (Valais), 19th century. View of the town of Leukerbad in Switzerland, famous for its hot springs and spas

Alpine lake of Braies, Pragser Wildsee in Trentino Alto Adige at dawn, Bolzano province in Italy
Alpine lake of Braies (Pragser Wildsee) in Trentino Alto Adige-South Tyrol, at dawn, Bolzano province, Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Apine village of Soglio at sunset, Bregaglia Valley, Maloja Region, Canton of Graubunden
Alpine village of Soglio at sunset, Bregaglia Valley, Maloja Region, Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Alpine village of Soglio covered with snow, Bregaglia Valley, Maloja Region, Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Landscape, Livingo, Alps, Italy, June 2017

Alpine landscape, Colombina-Somarin, Italy, June 2017

Lake Livingo, Alps, Italy. June 2017

River flowing from the Cirque de Gavarnie, Pyrenees National Park, France, June 2013

Cascade du Cerisey near Cauterets, Pyrenees National Park, Hautes Pyrenees, France, July 2013

Alpine meadows and mountains above Gavarnie village with the Cirque de Gavarnie in the distance, Pyrenees National Park, France, June 2013

Switzerland: Hospice of St. Bernard in the Alps. Creator: Italian School (19th Century)
Switzerland: Hospice of St. Bernard in the Alps, from Costume dei Romani, Svizzeri.. (colour litho). View of the St. Bernard Hospice nestled between the mountains of the Swiss Alps

Brig on the Rhone, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, 1819. Creator: Swiss School (19th Century)
Brig on the Rhone, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, from Voyage Pittoresque de Geneve a Milan 1819 (colour litho). Brig is an Alpine town in southern Switzerland near the Italian border

Tyrolese Interior, 1915 (oil on canvas)
3471237 Tyrolese Interior, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 71.4x56 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Mountain Stream, c. 1912-14 (Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper)
3471233 Mountain Stream, c.1912-14 (Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 34.8x53.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American

The Hermit (Il solitario), 1908 (oil on canvas)
3471229 The Hermit (Il solitario), 1908 (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 95.9x96.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Lake Como, 1867 (oil on canvas)
3468994 Lake Como, 1867 (oil on canvas) by Moran, Thomas (1837-1926); 103.5x87.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

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