Escalation Collection

Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis
The growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class

The Swiss naturalist Horace Benedict (Horace-Benedict) of Saussure (1740-1799
JLJ4564976 The Swiss naturalist Horace Benedict (Horace-Benedict) of Saussure (1740-1799) and the French mountain guide Jacques Balmat made the second ascent of Mont Blanc in August 1787

Cover of " The Laughter", Satirical in Colours, 1898_10_1: Cree du coeur - Anti feminism, Leisure, Fashion
ICA4839074 Cover of " The Laughter", Satirical in Colours, 1898_10_1: Cree du coeur - Anti feminism, Leisure, Fashion, Mountain Mountaineering Climbing

British tourists taking their Christmas lunch at the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)
NWI4884471 British tourists taking their Christmas lunch at the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt). Having planted the flag of the British Empire they drink around a picnic

Pierre Taugwalder, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps), 1894 (photo)
PCT4263475 Pierre Taugwalder, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps), 1894 (photo); (add.info.: Pierre Taugwalder, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps)

Peter Knubel, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps), 1894
PCT4263473 Peter Knubel, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps), 1894; (add.info.: Peter Knubel, mountain guide from Zermatt (Swiss Alps)

A Drama of the Mountain - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949957 A Drama of the Mountain - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave, 1900
LUX4816484 Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave, 1900; (add.info.: Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: Rest mountaineers count the landscape, 1910
LUX4808006 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: Rest mountaineers count the landscape, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): Snow-covered Mont Blanc with mountaineer at the summit, 1885
LUX4706707 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): Snow-covered Mont Blanc with mountaineer at the summit, 1885; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif, 4 climbers on a glacier, 1900
LUX4770796 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif, 4 climbers on a glacier, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif

The top of the great pyramid of Giza (Egypt), with men in tunic and turban climbing the stones of the building
FLO4635042 The top of the great pyramid of Giza (Egypt), with men in tunic and turban climbing the stones of the building

Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex " Marat ou les heros de la revolution"
PCT4285581 Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex " Marat ou les heros de la revolution", Librairie anti-clericale (anti clerical)

Engraving by Riou, illustrating the novel by Jules Verne " Journey to the center of the earth"
PCT4260822 Engraving by Riou, illustrating the novel by Jules Verne " Journey to the center of the earth", collection " extraordinary journeys

Ascension of a glacier at the end of the 19th century - mountaineering, mountaineering - passage of a crevasse
PCT4295236 Ascension of a glacier at the end of the 19th century - mountaineering, mountaineering - passage of a crevasse - illustration of the book " Moeurs et caracteres des peuples"

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: a family of mountaineers poses encordee, 1880
LUX4709832 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: a family of mountaineers poses encordee, 1880; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez and Vion J.B stormed the mountains with their
LUX4795657 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez and Vion J.B stormed the mountains with their equipment, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77), Fontainebleau: the forest and the rocks, 5 mountaineers in the cordee, 1900
LUX4771276 France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77), Fontainebleau: the forest and the rocks, 5 mountaineers in the cordee, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77)

Mountaineering Savoy passage a rope Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899825 Mountaineering Savoy passage a rope Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Size cm 24, 5x39, 5; Musee Cantini

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Meije: A group climbing the great ruin, 1910
LUX4808098 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Meije: A group climbing the great ruin, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Meije: A group climbing the great ruin

France: A religious boarding school of boys: mountain team with flag or figure a crescent and star, 1900
LUX4808814 France: A religious boarding school of boys: mountain team with flag or figure a crescent and star, 1900; (add.info.: France: A religious boarding school of boys)

France: Three mountaineers, 1900
LUX4815786 France: Three mountaineers, 1900; (add.info.: France: Three mountaineers, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Clermont-Ferrand: Depart of the small train of Puy de Dome
LUX4779908 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Clermont-Ferrand: Depart of the small train of Puy de Dome, tourists equipped for a hike ride on the small train, 1892; (add.info.: France, Auvergne)

Mountaineers in a passage of the Alps around 1890
NWI4961877 Mountaineers in a passage of the Alps around 1890.; (add.info.: Mountaineers in a passage of the Alps around 1890.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Courtyard of a boys school with portico and games, 1862
LUX4818143 Courtyard of a boys school with portico and games, 1862; (add.info.: Courtyard of a boys school with portico and games, 1862); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): a man and 2 women climb a mountain along a steep path using a ramp, 1890
LUX4781489 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): a man and 2 women climb a mountain along a steep path using a ramp, 1890; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

Letter P (Precipice). A man falls between two cliffs. Alphabet of small geographers
DUV4201980 Letter P (Precipice). A man falls between two cliffs. Alphabet of small geographers. Children's bookshop illustrated. Guerin-Muller et Cie Editeurs, A. Capendu Successor, Paris, 1881

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900
LUX4795874 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

First World War: Patriotic map showing an alpine hunter climbing a mountain with his luggage, 1915, climbing
LUX4744987 First World War: Patriotic map showing an alpine hunter climbing a mountain with his luggage, 1915, climbing'; (add.info)

Aiguilles de Charmoz Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899924 Aiguilles de Charmoz Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Dim cm 23, 5x39, 4; Musee Cantini, Marseille

Mountaineering: Savoy passage to the horizontal scale Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900)
JEB4899853 Mountaineering: Savoy passage to the horizontal scale Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Dim cm 23, 2x38

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Le Buet (massif du Fauciny): Climbing du Buet, rest at a point of view, 1911
LUX4808363 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Le Buet (massif du Fauciny): Climbing du Buet, rest at a point of view, 1911; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Meije: The bar of the ecrins seen from the pass of the great ruin, 1910
LUX4808125 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), La Meije: The bar of the ecrins seen from the pass of the great ruin, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: A rest during the climbing of the mountain, 1910
LUX4808013 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: A rest during the climbing of the mountain, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38)

Letter G and H: Gourmet and Hautain. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet"
DUV4207411 Letter G and H: Gourmet and Hautain. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet". Illustrations on the theme of quality and defect in children. A. Quinn, printer-publisher, 1885

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900
LUX4795851 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900
LUX4795833 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): landscape of Haute Morienne, climbing a snow slope with a pick, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif of the Vanoise, descending from the Rechasse
LUX4795631 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif of the Vanoise, descending from the Rechasse, the father Arriez and the two ladies with axes, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

Switzerland: A woman climbs a summit over a glacier, 1895
LUX4815808 Switzerland: A woman climbs a summit over a glacier, 1895; (add.info.: Switzerland: A woman climbs a summit over a glacier, 1895); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Alps: Climbing a mountain in Tyrol with pickles and ropes, years 1880. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4961865 Alps: Climbing a mountain in Tyrol with pickles and ropes, years 1880. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Alps: Climbing a mountain in Tyrol with pickles and ropes, years 1880)

Cordee of mountaineers, one of whom broke the ice over a bridge over a glacier, 1890
NWI4961876 Cordee of mountaineers, one of whom broke the ice over a bridge over a glacier, 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Cordee of mountaineers)

American daily life: sport and leisure, young couple of tourists climbing Newport Mountain in the Desert Mountains
NWI4885330 American daily life: sport and leisure, young couple of tourists climbing Newport Mountain in the Desert Mountains Island, Acadia National Park, Maine, circa 1880

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, tourists climb a cliff bordering the Valley of the Kings, 1900
LUX4778321 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, tourists climb a cliff bordering the Valley of the Kings, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Clermont-Ferrand: a family of tourists
LUX4779856 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Clermont-Ferrand: a family of tourists and their staff climb the Puy de Dome on foot, 1892; (add.info.: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63)

France, Rhone-Alpes: Glacier, a woman equipped on a glacier, equipment of a climber: hat, skirt, stick and shoes, 1895
LUX4769620 France, Rhone-Alpes: Glacier, a woman equipped on a glacier, equipment of a climber: hat, skirt, stick and shoes, 1895; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes: Glacier)

Letter B: behind the scenes. Soldiers doing the wall. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R
DUV4209234 Letter B: behind the scenes. Soldiers doing the wall. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Halt it!, publisher, Paris, around 1916

Letter S: Service not ordered. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R
DUV4209465 Letter S: Service not ordered. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916

Exploration of Antarctica: The men of Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909)
NWI4853607 Exploration of Antarctica: The men of Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) reached the summit of Mount Erebus, a volcano on Ross Island, in 1908 - Colorized engraving

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"Escalation: From Submarines to Summits, the Unstoppable Rise" In the realm of human ingenuity, it has been a constant force propelling us forward, and is evident in every facet of our history, from the growth of submarines by G. H. Davis to the pioneering spirit of Swiss naturalist Horace Benedict Saussure. Naval rivalry between Britain and its adversaries was vividly captured in "Poker and Tongs, " a thought-provoking Punch cartoon that showcased how escalation fueled competition among nations. Even in the majestic landscapes of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, we witness escalation's influence through mountaineers conquering new heights. The ascension of Brevent and passage through chiminee circa 1915 exemplify humanity's relentless pursuit for adventure and conquest. The Bernese Alps witnessed their fair share of this phenomenon as well. A group of mountaineers at the summit of Wetterhorn symbolizes mankind's determination to conquer nature's challenges head-on. But it is not only physical feats that demonstrate escalation; it permeates all aspects of life. At Saint Martin College in Port-au-Prince, firefighters diligently perform rescue exercises, showcasing their commitment to escalating their skills for public safety. In late 19th-century family dynamics, even playtime saw an element as mothers engaged with their children through letter representation games - fostering creativity and intellectual growth. From construction sites to artistic endeavors, men climbing granite cliffs or sculptors meticulously working on monuments embody how ambition escalates craftsmanship towards perfection. Yet amidst these triumphs lies danger too. Eugene Damblans' illustration captures an avalanche - a reminder that while we escalate towards greatness, nature can remind us humbly about our limitations. The Pyrenees witnessed countless adventurers ascending Pic du Midi - engraving immortalized this testament to human resilience published in "PATRIE. " It stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of escalation.