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Image Not Available for "Mount Pelvaux," Illustration to "Scrambles in the Alps"
"Mount Pelvaux," Illustration to "Scrambles in the Alps"
Image Not Available for "Mount Pelvaux," Illustration to "Scrambles in the Alps"

"Mount Pelvaux," Illustration to "Scrambles in the Alps"

John William North (English, 1842–1924)
Edward Whymper (English, 1840–1911)
1870
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; India proof
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.3562
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsSigned in pencil lower left "JW North del"; Artist's name in pencil lower left by Whymper an own sign. in pencil lower rt. "Whymper"ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
Image Not Available for "The Visions of a City Tree" a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies," Routledge and Co., 1867, p. 39
"The Visions of a City Tree" a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies," Routledge and Co., 1867, p. 39
John William North
1867
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"Ancient Ships in a Storm," Illustration to "The Life of a Man," a poem by Humphrey Gifford from "English Sacred Poetry of Older Time," 1864, p. 16
John William North
1864
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"Brothers and a Sermon"
John William North
1867
Image Not Available for "Reaping," a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies"
"Reaping," a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies"
John William North
1867
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Beachy Head
John William North
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"The Devil's Bridge"
John William North
Image Not Available for "The Four Bridges," Illustration to "Poems by Jean Inglelow"
"The Four Bridges," Illustration to "Poems by Jean Inglelow"
John William North
1867
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"On the Shore"
John William North
1867
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"The Four Bridges"
John William North
1867
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"The Stars Monument"
John William North
1867
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"The Swallows"
John William North
1867
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The Home Pond
John William North
1866