Beneath the Summit, Aiguille de Blaitiere - climber with guide, 1890s
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/8
Scope and Contents
May show Wherry or, possibly, Francis Aston-Binns (d.1898), with guide (possibly Xaver Imseng) and climbing equipment.
Dates
- Creation: 1890s
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
From the Fonds:
Open access.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright in digitised copies Downing College. Permission required for use.
Biographical / Historical
The Blaitiere Needle is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif. Wherry apparently climbed Mont Blanc in 1893 according to his obituary.
Extent
1 photographic print(s)
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitised copies available.
Repository Details
Part of the Downing College Repository
Contact:
Downing College Archive
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Downing College Archive
Downing College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762905
archivist@dow.cam.ac.uk