Mountains Collection

Boy with Birds

William Tell

Scotsman playing bagpipes
People You See. Scotsman playing bagpipes. From Teddy Bear (3 January 1970)

Design for Frieze with ships and trees
Design for Frieze with sailing ships and trees. Stencil, gouache and distemper on hand-made paper. Rottmann & Co. 1894

Book cover design, All About Aircraft, by Ralph Simmonds, London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1915. Showing an airship hovering over a range of mountains. 1915

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

River Dee at Invercauld near Braemar
See Scotland by Western SMT Coach Tours - The River Dee at Invercauld near Braemar. circa 1960s

Airship shaped like a fish, Spain
An airship shaped like a fish, being rowed across the sky from the town of Plazentia to Coria in Spain, piloted by Dom Joseph Patinho

Poster advertising Blue Star Line summer cruises to Norway, northern capitals and the land of the midnight sun. Depicting a typical couple in Scandinavian costume. circa 1930s

Poster design for Quebec Winter Sports, via Canadian Pacific, showing a couple on skis in in a snowy landscape. 20th century

Book cover design, The Air Patrol: a Story of the North-West Frontier, by Herbert Strang, London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Showing an airman with a map. 1913

Scottish Loch - poster design for Western SMT Coach Tours
See Scotland by Western SMT Coach Tours - Loch scene. circa 1960s

View of sea and mountains by Muriel Dawson. 1922

Dragon approached by alien creatures

Camp in the Mountains of Iran
A temporary camp in the mountains of Iran, close to oil exploration works undertaken in the early 1920s by British Petroleum

Open Air Holidays Abroad, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Open Air Holidays Abroad, Walking, Canoeing and Cycling, with Cooks

Sea Voyaging, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Sea Voyaging, Cooks World Travel Service. A couple on the deck of a ship are looking out to sea at another ship passing by, with mountains in the background. Date: 1951

Dramatic landscape
A dramatic landscape with a cross on top of a rocky outcrop and a pathway with figures

Advertisement for Royal Mail Line cruises to Norway, with a view of mountains, a fjord and pine trees. circa 1930s

Advertisement for Maloja Palace Hotel, Engadine, Switzerland
Advertisement for the Maloja Palace Hotel, Engadine, Switzerland, showing a skier flying through the air. circa 1930s

Poster advertising Norway, showing a pretty milkmaid with a yoke and two buckets. 20th century

Highland cottage, Kinlochewe, Scotland. late 19th century

People on ferry boat, Japan
People on a ferry boat, Japan. circa 1890s

View of the Himalayas from Darjeeling, India. circa 1890s

Hillside village, Japan. circa 1890s

Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
Ajmer, a city in Rajasthan, India. circa 1890s

Gardens, Nikko, Japan

Grose Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Himalayas from Darjeeling, India
View of the Himalayas from Darjeeling, India. circa 1890s

View of Kyoto, Japan. circa 1890s

Naini Tal (Nainital), hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Naini Tal (Nainital), a hill station in Uttarakhand, India. circa 1890s

View of docks at Palermo, Sicily
A view of the docks at Palermo, capital of Sicily, with an old man sitting by the waterside. Date: 1956

New Road at Rogi, near Chini, Himalayas, India. circa 1890s

Commissioners boat on a river, India
The Commissioners boat on a river in India. circa 1890s

View of River Jhelum, India
View of the River Jhelum (or Jehlam), which flows in India and Pakistan. circa 1890s

Summit of Gebel Moosa, Holy Land
Summit of Gebel Moosa (Jebel Musa), Holy Land. 1857

Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, Sicily
Autocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads

Port of Aden, Yemen
View of the Port of Aden, Yemen. circa 1870

River, possibly in the Himalayan Mountains, India
View of a river, possibly in the Himalayan Mountains, India. circa 1890s

Mountain landscape
Mountainous landscape with buildings on a hillside

Cliff face

K2 Conquered
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954

Winter Sports in Switzerland, with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Sunshine and Snow. Winter Sports in Switzerland, synopsis of arrangements made by Thomas Cook and Son, Ludgate Circus, London

Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Cover illustration for Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. It depicts three walkers in silhouette against an alpine scene, with trees and snow-covered mountains in the background

Fountain, monument and pillar, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Sons Arrangements
Cover illustration of Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Sons Arrangements, showing a lady dressed in winter clothes, skiing downhill with one ski pole

Two whales in the sea, with birds and mountains
The fins of two whales in the sea, with birds flying above and mountains in the background. 20th century

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son, showing five people on a toboggan speeding downhill. In the background is a snowy alpine scene with mountains. Date: 1921

Advertisement for Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
PLM advertisement showing Mont Blanc from Chamonix in the French Alps, accessible via the PLM railway service (Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee). circa 1930s

Cooks World Travel Service, How to See Europe, 1951
A Cooks World Travel Service cover, How to See Europe, 1951, depicting a Bavarian scene with a castle, snow-covered mountains and trees. Date: 1951

PLM poster advertising winter sports at Chamonix and Mont Blanc, with the 8th Winter Olympics taking place from 25 January to 5 February 1924

New Ideas in Travel for Holidays and Leave
Cover illustration for New Ideas in Travel for Holidays and Leave. A man stands on the deck of a ship, looking through binoculars at a yacht passing by on the sea

Advertisement for Gladiator Cycles
A French advertisement for Gladiator Cycles, showing a cyclist keeping up with a car on a high Alpine lane. circa 1910s

View across a lake toward mountains
A view across the gently rippling blue green waters of a lake toward a tree-capped Island and distant pale blue mountains. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Mountain fir tree forest
A light, atmospheric view of mountains seen through the green silhouettes of fir trees on the lower slopes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith. circa 1980

Fantasy Landscape with Lake and Reeds - Right
A view through lakeside reeds across the still water toward distant hills and mountains. Fantasy Diptych painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Label design, Piemonta Favarger nut chocolate, St Etienne, Loire, France

Ruined building in a landscape

Poster advertising Norway for the summer season, from June to September

Stormy mountains
Mountain scene with a dark and stormy sky above. Pen & ink (with wash) drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218203 BC). Two of Hannibals war elephants are pictured

Mountain scene with travellers, Kashgar, western China
A mountain scene, showing people travelling in horse-drawn wagons, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Group of local men, Kashgar, western China
A group of local men, probably travel guides, in the mountains of Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Man unloading llamas
A man unloads two llamas from a van, while a dog watches with interest. Date: mid-1980s

The mouth of a rocky ravine
A pen & ink (with blue watercolour wash) by Raymond Sheppard of the mouth of a rocky ravine, with a river snaking down from below the sheer cliff faces to rolling tree-topped hills

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Atlantis Cruises
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line cruises on the Atlantis

Hannibal crossing the Alps
Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218203 BC). Two of Hannibals war elephants are pictured

Adventures of Rene Cutforth
The Adventures of Rene Cutforth. Artwork for Lilliput magazine by Raymond Sheppard Date: 1956

View of Palermo, Sicily
A view of Palermo, capital of Sicily, with a storm gathering over the mountains. Date: 1956

Poster advertising Canada via Canadian National Railways
Poster advertising the opportunity to see Canada via the Canadian National Railways -- apply within!

Poster advertising Norway via Royal Mail
Poster for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, advertising trips to Norway and northern capitals. Luxury cruises on the SS Arcadian

Poster advertising the electric Simplon Line, serving the Simplon Pass from Switzerland to Italy

Poster advertising Cortina d Ampezzo
Poster advertising the town of Cortina d Ampezzo and the Tofane, a group of mountains in the Dolomites, northern Italy

Uniformed men in Kashgar, western China
A group of uniformed men in the mountains of Kashgar, western China. They are lined up in two rows, with one man at the centre, with a square archway behind him

Poster advertising the alpine railway
Poster for PLM advertising the alpine railway between Grenoble and Nice

Brown Bear and Cubs
A pastel drawing of a Brown Bear and her cubs in the mountains by Raymond Sheppard

Wooden building in Kashgar, western China
A wooden building in the mountains of Kashgar, western China, with a donkey or mule tethered up outside. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Southern China - Local Man on horseback
A Turkic man sat on a mighty steed in a mountain pass in the far north of India or the very south of Xinjiang Province, China on the road through the mountains to Kashgar

Poster advertising holidays in Greece, with an idyllic view of the Bay of Athens. 20th century

Snowy Mountains
These snow covered mountains are perfect for skiing. Date: 1960s

Touring in Canada
Tourists motoring through a mountainous region of Alberta, Canada. Date: early 1930s

Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks, showing an alpine spa scene with mountains, a swimming pool, and a young woman in Austrian traditional dress. Date: 1939

Summer Holidays Abroad, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with people sitting under brightly coloured umbrellas

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