Rhone Glacier
Date
1870
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 255mm
height (card support): 263mm
width (card support): 355mm
width (print): 255mm
height (card support): 263mm
width (card support): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of the Rhone Glacier, showing the source of the River Rhone. The Furka Pass road runs beside a cluster of buildings, including the Hotel Glacier du Rhone, on the front left and a man poses for his picture in the front right as viewed.
Forward facing inscription: ‘Glacier du Rhone’
The Rhone Glacier is the largest glacier in the Urner Alps, located on the northernmost part of the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Furka Pass has allowed easy access to the glacier for many years, and its movements and evolution have been observed since the 19th century. This is a subject that the Royal Society has published on, with examples including George Slater’s ‘Studies on the Rhone Glacier, 1927’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol, 106, Issue 743, in 1930.
Forward facing inscription: ‘Glacier du Rhone’
The Rhone Glacier is the largest glacier in the Urner Alps, located on the northernmost part of the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Furka Pass has allowed easy access to the glacier for many years, and its movements and evolution have been observed since the 19th century. This is a subject that the Royal Society has published on, with examples including George Slater’s ‘Studies on the Rhone Glacier, 1927’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol, 106, Issue 743, in 1930.
Object history
Purchased by the Royal Society, 2019.
Associated place