The Bergschrund on the Dent Blanche

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A man crawls across an ice bridge spanning a chasm while another man pulls on a rope to help him up

The Bergschrund on the Dent Blanche in 1865.

Artist

Name:: Mahoney, James
Dates:: 1816-1879
Country:: Ireland

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & Places
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engravers:: Whymper, Edward; Whymper, Josiah Wood
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69
Author:: Whymper, Edward
Publisher:: London: John Murray, 1871
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A man crawls across an ice bridge spanning a chasm while another man pulls on a rope to help him up.

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