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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "WINTER IN ZEALAND", BY A. DILLENS, 1862. CREATOR: W THOMAS.
The International Exhibition: "Winter in Zealand", by A. Dillens, 1862. Engraving of a painting. 'As in other parts of Holland, the rivers and canals are all frozen over for a considerable time in winter, and then a great part of the population betake themselves to skating either for business or pleasure. Without skates trade would be suspended, and locomotion nearly destroyed. Provisions of various kinds, and even the necessaries of life, are brought by women skaters along the rivers and canals from remote villages to the markets of the principal towns. Business is transacted, visits paid, and courting performed, on the ice...lovemaking under such circumstances should make rapid progress and the course of true love run particularly smooth, notwithstanding a few slips, or even a fall or two. The comely young couple in the picture have, however, mutually taken a precaution against the last eventuality by holding on to each other's girdle, and, even if one were to trip, the other would either do the same, break the fall, or be ready to assist and comfort...The "fast" young woman, who looks back on her partner as if rallying him for his slowness, reminds us that in the skating-matches the fair Atalantas frequently beat the men'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: "Winter in Zealand", by A. Dillens, 1862. Creator: W Thomas. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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ASCENT OF MONT BLANC: M. BISSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION..., 1862. CREATOR: MASON JACKSON.
Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition leaving the station of the Grands Mulets, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, the first person to take pictures from the summit of Mont Blanc. 'Modern science has recorded few triumphs greater than those gained within the last few years by photography...The photographic lens opened the march, escorted by a perfect arsenal of chemicals and collodion, wooden stands, tripods, rope ladders, tents, mattresses, and the indispensable bundles of provisions...A thick fog soon surrounded us; frozen snow mixed with hail beat in our faces...frequent falling avalanches thundered in our ears...the "caravan" arrived safely at the highest ridge of Mont Blanc. The sky was splendid; there was scarcely any wind...but nearly all the voyageurs complained of an extraordinary weariness, and many were suffering from pains in the head and spasms caused by the rarefaction of the atmosphere. Without losing an instant of the favourable weather in an ill-timed admiration of the magnificent panorama...the apparatus [was] prepared...and to M. Bisson's intense satisfaction...three fine panoramic views were taken out of the machine and fixed for printing in his Parisian ateliers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition..., 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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