The Jungfrau from the Aletsch Glacier
Date
1853
Creator
Charles Haghe (1810 - 1888, Belgian) , Lithographer
After
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868, British) , Draughtsman
Object type
Library reference
RCN 39523
Material
Technique
Subject
Description
View of the Bernese Alps showing prominent peaks including the Jungfrau and the Mönch, from the expansive Aletsch Glacier. Two men are show in the foreground, one sitting on a rock and one standing with a large pole. Many of the mountains are labelled, the Jungfrau can be seen towards the left of the image, with the Mönch and Trugberg visible towards the right.
Plate 10 from the book Norway and its glaciers visited in 1851; followed by, Journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy by James D. Forbes (Edinburgh, 1853).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl. X.’ ‘Jungfrau.’ ‘Mönch.’ ‘Trugberg.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘a. Col of the Roth-thal.’ ‘b. Kranzberg.’ ‘c. Pass to Lötsch.’ ‘d. Pass to Viesch.’ ‘THE JUNGFRAU FROM THE GLACIER OF ALETSCH.’
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868), British physicist and glaciologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1838, the Royal Medal in 1843 and delivered the Bakerian lecture in 1842 and 1846.
Plate 10 from the book Norway and its glaciers visited in 1851; followed by, Journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy by James D. Forbes (Edinburgh, 1853).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl. X.’ ‘Jungfrau.’ ‘Mönch.’ ‘Trugberg.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘a. Col of the Roth-thal.’ ‘b. Kranzberg.’ ‘c. Pass to Lötsch.’ ‘d. Pass to Viesch.’ ‘THE JUNGFRAU FROM THE GLACIER OF ALETSCH.’
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868), British physicist and glaciologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1838, the Royal Medal in 1843 and delivered the Bakerian lecture in 1842 and 1846.
Related fellows
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868, British) , Physicist
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