Portrait of the Revd. Charles Hudson. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated carte-de-visite portrait of Revd. Charles Hudson (1828-1865), Vicar of Shillington, Lincs 1859-65. Regarded as the best amateur alpinist of his time, he organised the party that ascended Mont Blanc without guides in 1855 and was killed in a fall while descending the Matterhorn...