Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AIMÉ CIVIALE (1821-93)
La Mer de Glace et les Aiguilles de Leschaux 3780m.
1859-68Poitevin process | 35.4 x 26.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2370837
Photograph of Mer de Glace in the French Alps. The glacier's meandering route leads to Aiguilles de Leschaux, a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif.
Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)
35.4 x 26.4 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Mont Blanc
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Geology
- Glaciers
- Geology
- Earth sciences
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Physiography
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
