Image of View of the valley of Chamonix, with Aiguilles Rouges in

View of the valley of Chamonix, with Aiguilles Rouges in the foreground and Grandes Jorasses...

IMAGE number: BL3309621
Image title: View of the valley of Chamonix, with Aiguilles Rouges in the foreground and Grandes Jorasses seen beyond in the background. Explanatory text in two columns below; the key to the print refers to the accompanying description, printed separately.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: VUE PERSPECTIVE DE LA VALLÃ‰E DE CHAMOUNI, DU MONT-BLANC ET DES MONTAGNES ADJACENTES DANS LE HAUT FAUCIGNY EN SAVOIE: où l'on indiqué la route qu'a tenue au Mois d'AoÃ»t 1787 Mr. le Professeur de Saussure, célébre Physicien de Geneve pour parvenir à la fameuse Cime du Mont-Blanc, qui peu auparavant avoit été regardée comme inaccessible. Author: von Mechel, Christian / [Geneva]: Publié en 1790, par Chrétien de Mechel et se trouve chez lui à Basle, [1790] Source/Shelfmark: Maps K.Top.76.77.a. 1 print: hand-coloured etching and aquatint; sheet 50.7 x 68.7 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: France / Europe / 18th century / western europe / mountain / mountains / nobody / mountain range / mount / europe / mont

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