The Alps from a century or so ago. Edward Theodore (E. T. ) Compton, artist. Living from 1849 to 1921, he was born in England but painted in Germany. A mountaineer, he climbed mountains when he wasn’t painting them.

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"View of the Jungfrau." No exact date.
“View of the Jungfrau.” No exact date. Watercolor on paper. Auctioned by Sotheby’s in 1998. Source: Arsani AG Kunst für Alle. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compton,_View_of_the_Jungfrau.jpg
Untitled work. No exact date.
Untitled work. No exact date. Source: Reinhold Messner, König Ortler. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compton_Payerh%C3%BCtte_Ortler.jpg
Weisshorn. No exact date.
Weisshorn. No exact date. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://twitter.com/clayfjohnson/status/891217538125901824

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