Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1881 [Twenty-sixth] Photographic Society of Great Britain Exhibition
- Exhibit title:
- The summit of Cotopaxi, from the first camp (15,000 feet)
- Exhibitor:
- Edward Whymper
- Group Title:
- Selections from the Views Taken Among the Great Andes of Ecuador in 1879-80. Taken on Gelatine Plates and Developed on the Spot
- Exhibit No.:
- 536
- Description:
- The cloud seen on the left is smoke issuing the crater. The foreground is composed of fragments of lave intermingled with volcanic ash. The route followed on the ascent passed almost continuously over snow which is upon the ridge leading from the spectator to the summit.
- Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- Gelatine Plate, Autotype Enlargement (Negative Print)
- Award:
- none
