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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

Professor Tyndall, 1864, (1946). Creator: George Richmond
Professor Tyndall, 1864, (1946). Portrait of Professor John Tyndall (1820-1893), Irish-born physicist and mountaineer. Tyndall was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

The Mer de Glace or Glacier des Bois, 1787, (1946). View of the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) glacier between craggy mountain tops: left, the Charmos; right

View of Breit-Lauwinen, c1782-1785, (1946). Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis
View of Breit-Lauwinen, c1782-1785, (1946). The Breithorn peak and glacier in the Pennine Alps between Italy and Switzerland. From " British Mountaineers", by F. S. Smythe

View of Mont Furka with the Rhone Glacier, c1770, (1946). Creator: William Pars
View of Mont Furka with the Rhone Glacier, c1770, (1946). Scene in the Swiss Alps with the Rhone Glacier - the source of the River Rhone - and the Furka Pass beyond

The Lütschinen Issuing from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 1782-1785, (1946)
The Lutschinen Issuing from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 1782-1785, (1946). Mountain scene in the Alps, with the Black Lutschine river which flows from Grindelwald in Switzerland

Ben Nevis, mid 19th century, (1946). Creator: William Turner
Ben Nevis, mid 19th century, (1946). View of Ben Nevis in the Highlands of Scotland, the highest mountain in the British Isles. From " British Mountaineers", by F. S. Smythe

The Valley of the Jumna Showing the Two Grand Peaks of Bunder Punch, 1946. Creators
The Valley of the Jumna Showing the Two Grand Peaks of Bunder Punch, 1820, (1946). View over the Himalayas in northern India, showing the Bandarpunch (or Bandarpoonch) massif

The Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix, 1786, (1946). Creator: John Warwick Smith
The Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix, 1786, (1946). View of the Bossons Glacier, part of the Mont Blanc in the Alps, south-eastern France. Drawing in the British Museum, London

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