“View of the Massif of Mont Blanc near the “Petit Jorasse, Grand Jorasse, le Géant” with the “Glaciers des Périades et Jorasse” and the “Glacier de la Venval” as seen from the “Col de Fenêtre près du Gd. St. Bernard” Late 18th-early 19th c. Watercolor and gouache over graphite. Framing line on mount along edge of drawing, in pen and brown gouache. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public. domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/373896“Artiste dessinant depuis la voûte nommée le Chapeau, le glacier des Bois et les aiguilles du Charmoz.” ca. 1799. Watercolor on paper. Image source Beurret & Bailly. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Antoine_Linck_Glacier_c1799.jpg“View of the Glacier des Bois and the Needles of Charmoz from the arch, called the Cap.” 1799. Colored etching. Collections of the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Genève. In the public domain due to age. via http://vanishingice.org/linck-nussbaumer/
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