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032-003238524 Material Type Photographs

1. Cup.410.g.225

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225
Title:
The Oberland and its glaciers: explored and illustrated with ice-axe and camera. Photographer(s): Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: Alfred W. Bennett, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without. 1866. Quarto, original blue cloth binding, with title and decorative vignette of a camera and ice-axe, stamped in gilt on upper board, 277 x 225 mm,edges gilt, pp. xii, 243.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
7 items

2. Cup.410.g.225(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(23)
Title:
The Rhone Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted facing p. 23; arched top. General view of the glacier and peaks beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

3. Cup.410.g.225(tp.)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(tp.)
Title:
Peaks on a cloudy day. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted as titlepage vignette; circular image. View of snow-capped mountain scenery.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

4. Cup.410.g.225(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(12)
Title:
Glacier motion — ice and rock. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted on p. 12. Close view: 'An illustration is given on the next page of a phenoomenon not infrequently found at the edge of a glacier, which shows the motion of the ice so clearly, that the eye of the imagination can almost see it move. The ice which forms the u...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

5. Cup.410.g.225(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(27)
Title:
Ice needles, Unter Grindelwald Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted facing p. 27. View of massive ice needles on the Lower Grindelwald Glacier: 'The séracs formed at any given point will usually be again compressed into a comparatively smooth and uniform mass in the subsequent course of the glacier: but when such a formation...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

6. Cup.410.g.225(frontis.)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(frontis.)
Title:
Upper ice-fall of the Ober Grindelwald Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted as frontispiece; arched top. General view looking up the face of the Upper Grindelwald Glacier.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

7. Cup.410.g.225(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(25)
Title:
Waved surface of the Aar Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mounted on p. 25; arched corners. View of waved ice formations on the surface of the glacier: 'In general however the successive waves of the ice-fall are very clearly visible for a long distance below its termination; and the sun gradually wastes their angular outl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

8. Cup.410.g.225(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(5)
Title:
On the Unter Grindelwald Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted on p. 5; arched corners. View of a climbing party, comprising eight men and two women, posed on the Lower Grindelwald Glacier.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item