Chamonix. Montanvert Hotel

Name/Title

Chamonix. Montanvert Hotel

Entry/Object ID

1987.04.129

Description

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 Print

Subject

Montancert hotel, chamonix, french alps

Subject Place

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Collection

Walter Johnson Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1987.04

Source or Donor

Walter Johnson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Johnson

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

bottom left

Transcription

Chamonix. Montanvert Hotel

Material/Technique

Ink

Type

Label

Location

bottom right

Transcription

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 heat

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Notes

in cursive

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

10 in