Title

The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer

Caption

The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Bujon was a French soldier killed in a mountaineering accident on the Aiguille de Chambeyron on 16th August 1891. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 12th September 1891.

Date

1891

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C01_173

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,4Mb) / 13,0in x 15,0in / 3905 x 4486 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male sport man men mountain mountains mountain range country French France Alps body guy geography color colour dead glacier death accident war location mountaineering mountaineer century climber soldiers soldier descending concept incident TRAGEDY corpse crevasse mountain climbing killed The Alps tragic 19th century nineteenth century Art Media geographical feature the body Aiguille de Chambeyron Meyer Henri Meyer Meyer Henri