![Mont Blanc from Planpraz]()
Mont Blanc as seen from Planpraz (anonymous) - 1880
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Portrait of Paccard by Marc Théodore Bourrit
![Paccard - Medalion portrait]()
Portrait of Michel Gabriel Paccard as a medalion by Bacler d'Albe, 1788
Jacques Balmat, medalion portrait, Bacler d'Albe, 1788.
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Jacques Balmat Mont-Blanc by Bacler d'Albe, 1787
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Horace Benedict de Saussure - Portrait by Jean-Pierre Saint Ours, 1796 .
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Marc-Théodore Bourrit auto-portrait
Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Marc Théodore Bourrit
![Les Grands Mulets shelter]()
The shelter of the Grands Mulets - Bisson frères, 1861.
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Auguste Rosalie Bisson, ascent of Mont Blanc, 1859.
![Paccard's sketch of the summit of mont-Blanc]()
Michel Gabriel Paccard, sketch of the summit of Mont Blanc in a letter sent to Johann Gottfried Ebel, 1823.![Mont Blanc the Paccard route]()
Mont Blanc 1rst ascent - the Paccard's rout
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Georges Tairraz, climbing up to the Grands Mulets around 1880.
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The shelter of the Grands Mulets - Bisson frères, 1861.
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Departure from the Grands mulets - Bisson frères, 1854.
![Les Grands Mulets before 1867]()
Charles Soulier, les Grands Mulets and the stone shelter before 1867.
![The Grands Mulets - Edmund T Coleman]()
The Grands Mulets - Edmund T Coleman
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Bisson frères, ladders passage, 1859.![Ascent of Mont Blanc]()
Auguste Rosalie Bisson, ascent of Mont Blanc, 1868.
![Moon light on the Grand Plateau]()
Moonlight on the Grand Plateau by André charles Coppier, 1924.
![Alexandre Dumas on the Mer de Glace]()
Alexandre Dumas on the Mer de Glace, from Copin in Impressions de Voyage of Alexandre Dumas, 1855.
![The route of Mont Blanc]()
Drawing from Bourrit published in Voyages dans les Alpes of H-B de Saussure, 1796, showing the route taken by de Saussure party.
![Summit of Mont Blanc by Coppier, 1924.]()
Summit of Mont Blanc by André Charles Coppier, 1924.
![Balmat leading Paccard snow blind]()
On the last part of the way down, Paccard was snow-blinded and had to be guided by Balmat, by Coppin in Impressions de voyage by Alexandre Dumas.
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August 1787 de Saussure ascent of Mont Blanc. Clothes worn were mostly city like.
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Marquardt Wacher, Voyage de M. de Saussure à la Cime du Mont-Blanc, 1790.
![Crampons used by de Saussure]()
Lacroix, crampons of de Saussure in 'Voyages dans les Alpes' of de Saussure
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The suppressed plate in de Saussure account of his ascent of Mont Blanc in August 1787 his position considered undignified.One must understand that then, climbing techniques did not exist. The 18 guides who accompanied de Saussure (and his personal servant) were only guiding visitors to the Mer de Glace and did no climbing (but when crystals hunting). On that expedition they had ropes but did not use them to tie the members of the party when on the glacier or snow slopes with many crevasses. They were used to get someone out of a hole or a crevasse! The guides had crampons but not de Saussure who was wearing his city breaches!
![de Saussure descent of Mont Blanc]()
1787 descent of de Saussure![Paccard statute Chamonix]()
Michel Paccard statute Chamonix
![Balmat and de Saussure statute]()
Statute in Chamonix of de Saussure with Balmat showing him the Mont Blanc
![Balmat showing Mont Blanc to de Saussure]()
Statute of de Saussure and Balmat buit in 1887 in Chamonix
From Paul Payot collection - Annecy Art & History Museum
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TDH Browne at the Grand Plateau - ascent of Mont Blanc ![crossing the crevasse]()
TDH Browne - Crossing the crevasse - Mont Blanc ascent![camp at the Grands Mulets]()
Camp at the grans Mulets
![Arriving at The Grands Mukets]()
E. Guérard - Arriving at Les grands Mulets![Top of la Côte]()
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TDH Browne Top of La Côte
![1rst use of the axe]()
TDH Browne - 1rst use of the axe - ascent of Mont Blanc![1rst view of Italian side]()
TDH B rowne - 1rst view of Italian side - ascent of Mont Blanc
![Summit of Mont Blanc]()
TDH Browne - Summit of Mont Blanc
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TDH Browne Descent - Mont Blanc![Hamel accident 1820]()
Hamel accident 1820 - K Comtesse
![Avalanche Argentière - E. Guérard]()
Avalanche Argentière - E. Guérard
Views of Chamonix valley from Paul payot's collection
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View of Chamonix valley![Unnamed Image]()
Chamonix valley from Argentière
![La Poste de sallanches]()
E. Guérard La Poste from Sallanches![Le Prieuré]()
Le Prieuré - view on les Bois and the Mer de Glace
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Montanvers from Huckert
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Samuel Birman - The Mer de Glace![Unnamed Image]()
Nature Temple - Jean Dubois
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View from Col de Balme - Max de Meudon![Grotte de l'Arveyron - inside]()
Grotte de l'Arveyron from inside![Montanvers]()
Montanvers
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Glacier des Bois![Grotte de l'Arveyron from outside]()
Grotte de l'Arveyron from outside
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