Name/Title
Chamonix. Montanvert HotelEntry/Object ID
1987.04.129Description
The photographer captures the Montanvert hotel with the French Alps in the background. The hotel is a simple four story building with a stairwell leading to the front door. The terrain aruond the hotel is rocky and steep as the hotel is built into the mountainous terrain. There is a man that is standing on the rocky terrain a little ways from the photographer and hotel. The hotel shows reference the large scale at which the mountains stand at. The mountains are jagged with narrow peaks, and a narrow ridge and snowy crevasse.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Albumen PrintSubject
Montancert hotel, chamonix, french alpsSubject Place
Country
FranceContinent
EuropeCollection
Walter Johnson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1987.04Source or Donor
Walter JohnsonAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Walter JohnsonInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
LabelLocation
bottom leftTranscription
Chamonix. Montanvert HotelMaterial/Technique
InkType
LabelLocation
bottom rightTranscription
To jagged rocks and icy seas
The trav'ler climbs with tireless feet,
To there enjoy the mountain freeze,
Above Earth's noise and Summer's heatLanguage
EnglishMaterial/Technique
PenNotes
in cursive