Title

Edward Whymper, British mountaineer, 1865 (1956). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Edward Whymper, British mountaineer, 1865 (1956). Whymper is best known for his involvement in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, accomplished in 1865. Whymper reached the summit with Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, Douglas Hadow, accompanied by guides Michel Croz and the two Peter Taugwalders (father and son). Hadow, Croz, Hudson and Douglas were killed in a fall on the descent. He later went on to travel and climb in Greenland, South America and the Canadian Rockies. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D08_240

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,6Mb) / 11,8in x 16,4in / 3546 x 4928 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel Europe people male sport man men hat suit mountain range adventure Alps guy clothes geography color colour Matterhorn dress mountaineering mountaineer Victorian century climber traveller concept mountain climbing adventurer the matterhorn colourised alpinism alpinist The Alps 19th century nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature TGN tweed suit photograph portrait Unknown Edward alpenstock Edward Whymper Whymper colorised photograph portrait