Caption

Chamonix, la Grotte de Glace du Glacier des Bossons, Hikers on the Bossons Glacier in Chamonix, photograph, number: '651.', publisher: Photochrom Zürich, Zürich (city), 1889 - c. 1920, photographer, paper, baryta paper, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print, height 165 mm x width 227 mm, walking, hiking (recreation), glacier, Bossons Glacier, A pale, textured icy landscape with undulating snow and deep crevices is shown, featuring a group of people wearing long coats and hats standing and walking on the ice, some holding walking sticks, one person positioned higher on a ridge and another silhouetted inside a dark ice cave opening, a narrow wooden plank bridge spans a crevasse near rocky ground at the lower edge, and scattered rocks and shadowed hollows punctuate the icy surface under a bright, empty sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A81_031

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Rights managed

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56.1Mb (9.3Mb) / 17.3in x 12.6in / 5192 x 3774 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chamonix la Grotte de Glace du Glacier des Bossons Hikers Bossons Glacier photograph number 651 publisher Photochrom Zürich Zürich city 1889 - c 1920 photographer paper baryta paper gelatin silver print developing gelatin silver print height 165 mm x width 227 mm walking hiking recreation glacier pale textured icy landscape undulating snow deep crevices shown featuring group people wearing long coats hats standing ice holding sticks person positioned higher ridge another silhouetted inside dark ice cave opening narrow wooden plank bridge spans crevasse near rocky ground lower edge scattered rocks shadowed hollows punctuate icy surface under bright empty sky