19 June 2014

Recreational glacier walking


Chamonix Glacier, 1867.  The same activity was also the subject of this c. 1903 photochrome:


Top photo: William England/Getty Images/Life.com, via Not In The History Books.

3 comments:

  1. If that is indeed a painting, it was copied straight from a photograph. More likely, it is a photograph, perhaps with the figures added in later.

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    1. You're right. It was a photochrome. I've amended the text. Tx.

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  2. If that is indeed a painting, it was copied straight from a photograph. More likely, it is a photograph, perhaps with the figures added in later.

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