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  • Mont Blanc. Engraving by R. Wallis after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others descending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure and others ascending Mont Blanc. Coloured aquatint.
  • Mont Blanc, Switzerland: mountaineers making an ascent. Photograph by the Bisson Frères, ca. 1860.
  • Henriette d'Angeville and her party ascending Mont Blanc, 1838. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann.
  • Mont Blanc: travellers outside the cabin on the Grands Mulets. Wood engraving, 1853, after Albert Smith.
  • Geology: the Mer de Glace, Chamonix-Mont Blanc. Wood engraving by J.D. Cooper after P. Justyne.
  • Mont Blanc: Albert Smith's party reaching the cabin on the Grands Mulets, 1853. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann.
  • Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.
  • Features of Albert Smith's performance 'Ascent of Mont Blanc' at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: the party negotiating a cliff. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: traversing a gap in a glacier. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
  • The Glacier des Bains [or Bois?], Mont Blanc, from the Montanvert to Chamonix. Colour lithograph by J. Arnout, 1843, after G. Loppé.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: mountaineers scaling a wall of ice above a precipice. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
  • H.-B. de Saussure and his party halting on the Col du Géant on their ascent of Mont Blanc, 1787. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann, 1863.
  • The ascent of Mont Blanc by John Auldjo's party in 1827: the party breakfasting on a bridge of snow between two cliffs. Lithograph after J. Auldjo, 1828.
  • [Newspaper cutting advertising an entertainment organised by Albert Smith of views of a journey to Mont Blanc (painted by William Beverley) at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].
  • [Newspaper cutting advertising an entertainment organised by Albert Smith of views of a journey to Mont Blanc (painted by William Beverley) at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].
  • Puns, puppets of Shakespearian characters, fashions in bonnets, the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, etc., representing Albert Smith's performance 'Ascent of Mont Blanc'. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Albert Smith standing on the balcony of a chalet in front of the painted backdrop of Mont Blanc at midday by William Beverley, addressing a large audience. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Albert Smith standing on the balcony of a chalet in front of the painted backdrop of Mont Blanc at midnight by William Beverley, addressing a large audience. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Lait Mont Blanc : concentré sucré et non sucré : celui dont on ne se passe pas : quand on a un tout petit, quand on a de grands gourmands / Compagnie Générale du Lait.
  • A glowing yellow and red fire and with figures tumbling into a pit as though hell in the foreground; an advertisement for a torchlight march entitled 'Fire and Tears' for World AIDS Day on 1 December 95 in the pedestrian area Mont-Blanc, Geneva sponsored by Groupe SIDA Genève, PVA Genève, Dialogai and AIDES Annemasse. Colour lithograph.
  • Col de Balme, the Chamonix valley, Switzerland. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1880.
  • The Trient gorge, near Martigny, the Valais, Switzerland. Colour lithograph by F. Baumann.
  • Geneva by night, with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by Aide Suisse contre le SIDA , in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health.
  • Albert Richard Smith. Lithograph by R. J. Lane after F. Talfourd, 1851.
  • Three seated monkeys: one hiding his eyes, one with his hands over his mouth, and the other hiding his genitals with another monkey scratching his head in bemusement below; with the message in French: 'We die. What do you do?'; an advertisement for an event on Saturday 27 November [in Geneva] to commemorate World AIDS Day featuring a rock concert entitled 'Rock against AIDS'; sponsored by Dialogan, Groupe SIDA Géneve, PVA Géneve and the AIDS Ministry. Colour lithograph.
  • Turkish men riding on horseback in a tournament watched by people on a balcony. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after J.B. Hilaire.