Two cartes-de-visite of Francis Copcutt, in mountaineering gear, re-enacting his ascent of Mont Blanc

by Legé, photographers Bergeron

$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Albumen prints on card with photographers' imprint on rear, one captioned on rear in pencil. Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. Near fine. Item #238430 Copcutt published an account of his adventures on Mont Blanc in PUTNAMS, Oct. 1868: Up and Down Mount Blanc. Striking images of Copcutt with ice ax, gloves, hat, sun goggles, and rope. In one image he poses heroically, gazing at imaginary peaks. In the other, he reclines on a white sheet

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