The Alps Collection (#3)

The Ascent of the Great St. Bernard - loading wood for the Hospice near St. Pierre, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Ascent of the Great St. Bernard - loading wood for the Hospice near St. Pierre - from a drawing by G. Barnard, 1858. Mr

Mont Cervin (or Matterhorn) from above Gumont, Val Tournanche, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mont Cervin (or Matterhorn) from above Gumont, Val Tournanche - from a drawing by George Barnard, 1858. The mountain...is of a pyramidal form

The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Madonna del Sasso; Magadino

The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. The Devil's Bridge; Amstag; Fluellen; Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne'

Fantasy of the Alps, 1822. Creator: Carl Gustav Carus
Fantasy of the Alps, 1822

Sur le front Italien; une passerelle a 3, 000 metres d'altitude, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; une passerelle a 3, 000 metres d'altitude, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; un coin du champ de bataille: le col de Lago Scuro, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; un coin du champ de bataille: le col de Lago Scuro, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; Les pentes des monts Presana et Zigolone, don't les sommets... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; Les pentes des monts Presana et Zigolone, don't les sommets (3069 m. et 3040 m.) furent emportes par les Italiens, le 26 mai, 1918

Sur le front Italien; L'arete de Montozzo, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; L'arete de Montozzo, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; Dans la region du Tonale: un poste d'acces difficile, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; Dans la region du Tonale: un poste d'acces difficile, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le front Italien; En haute montagne: une tranchee et un poste avance a... 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Italien; En haute montagne: une tranchee et un poste avance a 3, 000 metres en Carnie, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris

Mountain landscape with rocks and trees in Berner Oberland, 1838-1915. Creator: Johannes Gysbert Vogel
Mountain landscape with rocks and trees in Berner Oberland, 1838-1915

"The Lake of Geneva" - painted by W. Collingwood Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Paint Creator
"The Lake of Geneva" - painted by W. Collingwood Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1856. Engraving of a painting. Mr

Les difficultes de la guetre en Montagne; une grosse piece halee a bras par 600 hommes, 1915. Creator: Robert Vaucher
Les difficultes de la guetre en Montagne; une grosse piece halee a bras par 600 hommes, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Sur le Front Italien; comment il fallut attaquer le Monte Nero, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Sur le Front Italien; comment il fallut attaquer le Monte Nero, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

les premieres operations Italiennes; la population de Cormons accueille les bersaglieri, 1915. Creator: Unknown
les premieres operations Italiennes; la population de Cormons accueille les bersaglieri en liberateurs, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond, 1862. Creator: Carl Wagner
The Castle of Burglen with the Alps Beyond, 1862

An Alpine Village in Summertime. Creator: Jean-Antoine Linck
An Alpine Village in Summertime

The New Swiss Railway Ascending Monte Generoso, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The New Swiss Railway Ascending Monte Generoso, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Japanese alps, 20th century. Creator: Yamamoto Shunkyo
Japanese alps, 20th century

Japanese alps, 20th century. Creator: Yamamoto Shunkyo
Japanese alps, 20th century

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, September 5, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, September 5, 1891, 1891. The Fatal Accident on Mont Blanc. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Donnerstag - Berchtesgaden und der Watzmann (Thursday - Berchtesgaden and the...), 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Donnerstag - Berchtesgaden und der Watzmann (Thursday - Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann Mountain), 1823

"The Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne" - painted by W.C. Smith - from the Exhibition of the... 1854
"The Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne" - painted by W.C. Smith - from the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1854. 1854

Monte Rosa, from the North - Mont Blanc, distant 45 Miles, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Monte Rosa, from the North - Mont Blanc, distant 45 Miles, 1854. Zumstein Spitze; Hochste Spitze; Nord End...upon the authority of M

Italian landscape at the tomb, c1818. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Italian landscape at the tomb, c1818

Thursday: Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann, 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Thursday: Berchtesgaden and the Watzmann, 1823

Two Men by Pond below Alps, 1800-1899. Creator: Unknown
Two Men by Pond below Alps, 1800-1899

View of the Village of Chamonix, and the Bossons Glacier, n.d. Creator: Unknown
View of the Village of Chamonix, and the Bossons Glacier, n.d

The Diligence in the Alps, n.d. Creator: Thomas Allom
The Diligence in the Alps, n.d

Institution for Cretins at Interlacken, Switzerland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Institution for Cretins at Interlacken, Switzerland, 1850. Dr. Guggenbuhl had ascertained that Cretinism never exists above a certain elevation on the mountains; therefore

The Dogs of St. Bernard, n.d. Creator: George Baxter
The Dogs of St. Bernard, n.d

Alpe Devero
Marco Galimberti

Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition leaving the station of the Grands Mulets, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

The International Exhibition: "Chamois-Hunters Reposing" by A. De Meuron... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The International Exhibition: "Chamois-Hunters Reposing" by A. De Meuron, from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The Wetterhorn in the Bernese Oberland, undated. Creator: Alexandre Calame
The Wetterhorn in the Bernese Oberland, undated

The Altausseersee with the Dachstein, around 1840. Creator: Thomas Ender
The Altausseersee with the Dachstein, around 1840

Early Morning in the Alps, Late 17th or early 18th century. Creator: Alfred Hartley
Early Morning in the Alps, Late 17th or early 18th century

World War 1: Tirolean infantry in 1916
3787035 World War 1: Tirolean infantry in 1916; (add.info.: World War 1: Tirolean infantry in 1916. Division of Austro- Hungarian army. Austrian postcard.); Lebrecht History

Electric railway on Santa Maria Viaduct near Chamonix
3787562 Electric railway on Santa Maria Viaduct near Chamonix; (add.info.: Electric railway on Santa Maria Viaduct near Chamonix)

Rack-and-pinion railway on Gorner Ridge
3787566 Rack-and-pinion railway on Gorner Ridge; (add.info.: Rack-and-pinion railway on Gorner Ridge (Gornergrat), Switzerland

Jorge Chavezs attempt to cross the Alps, 1910
3787638 Jorge Chavezs attempt to cross the Alps, 1910; (add.info.: Jorge Chavezs attempt to cross the Alps, 23 September 1910. First attempt at air crossing of the Alps, ended in Chavez's death)

World War 1: Battle of Doberdo
3787038 World War 1: Battle of Doberdo; (add.info.: World War 1: Battle of Doberdo, Italy, August 1916. Italian troops in hand to hand combat with Austrian troops in traditional Tirolean uniform)

Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps
3787630 Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps; (add.info.: Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps, 218 BC with elephants. Carthaginian military leader during Second Punic War)

A Swiss Alpine Valley, c.1843 (watercolour on paper)
7528584 A Swiss Alpine Valley, c.1843 (watercolour on paper) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 29x22 cm; Gallery Oldham, UK; (add.info.: A Swiss Alpine Valley (possibly St Gothard)

Lucerne [or Lucerne near Altdorf], date unknown (watercolour on paper)
7528527 Lucerne [or Lucerne near Altdorf], date unknown (watercolour on paper) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 37x23 cm; Gallery Oldham

A skier in the Alps, ca 1930 (Painting)
7422820 A skier in the Alps, ca 1930 (Painting) by Beaudoin, Jean (fl.1930); (add.info.: Sport. Ski. A skier in the Alps. Painting by Jean Beaudouin, France, ca 1930.); © Archives Charmet

The Monastery, Locarno, 1890 (w/c & chalk on paper)
NGW387989 The Monastery, Locarno, 1890 (w/c & chalk on paper) by Goodwin, Albert (1845-1932); 27.5x37.8 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

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"The Majestic Beauty of the Alps: A Journey through Europe's Enchanting Mountain Range" Immerse yourself in the breathtaking allure of the Alps, as captured by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson in his iconic masterpiece, "The Ascent of Mont Blanc" from 1861. This awe-inspiring image transports us to the Bernese Alps and Bernese Oberland, where Wengen and Jungfrau stand tall amidst the Swiss Alps. Venturing further along this picturesque landscape, we encounter mountain bikers pausing on their exhilarating circuit around Mont Blanc. The adrenaline-fueled adventure merges with nature's grandeur, creating an unforgettable experience. As we explore deeper into the Bernese Oberland region, our eyes are drawn to the legendary Eiger North Face. Its imposing presence challenges climbers from all over the world while offering a glimpse into Switzerland's mountaineering heritage. Continuing our journey across borders, we find ourselves immersed in autumnal bliss near Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Nestled within the German Alps along Southern Romantic Road, this fairytale-like castle stands as a testament to architectural marvels surrounded by vibrant fall foliage. Shifting gears from leisurely pursuits to wartime valor, we witness ski patrols engaging enemy scouts in intense combat amid treacherous snow-covered terrain. These brave soldiers demonstrate unwavering determination during battles like that commemorated on Ortigara's anniversary—a pilgrimage attracting thousands paying homage to Alpine history. Delving further into historical events depicted through vivid lithographs such as "The War of Prodigies" and "Boldness of Alpine Drums, " we gain insight into how these mountains have witnessed both triumphs and tribulations throughout time. Yet amidst turmoil and conflict emerges youthful exuberance represented by vibrant lithographs showcasing young people from fascist Italy enjoying alpine adventures—an intriguing blend of beauty and complexity intertwined within these peaks' stories.