Footnotes

• Johann Martin Steiger (1829-1899) was a pioneering mountaineer who, in 1869, founded the Säntis section of the Swiss Alpine Club (itself having been formed six years previously). A business man he was also a talented artist, his artwork published in Die schweizerischen Alpenpässe und die Postkurse im Gebirge ("Swiss Alpine Passes and Postal Routes in the Mountains"), 1893.
  
  The archive includes many views of the type popular amongst tourists to Switzerland, but a significant portion is of mountaineering interest, including: Otemma Glacier, Valais, 1874, and several other views there; Rhone Glacier, Valais, 1888, both at valley level and at higher altitude; Blümlisalp seen from Lake Oeschinen, Bernese Oberland, 1868; Grand Combin de Graffeneire, Valais, 1869; panorama of peaks in the Pennine Alps, including Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, Pigne d'Arolla, etc.; Moiry Glacier, Valais; Bec d'Epicoune, Valais, 2 views; Hüfi Glacier, Uri, 1859; panoramic view from Piz Grevasalvas, Graubünden, 1886; Les Diablons, Valais, 1874; climbers on the Uri-Rotstock, Uri; Scaletta Pass seen from the Schwarzhorn, Davos, Graubünden; Forno Glacier, Roseg Glacier, and panorama from Piz Nair, all Graubünden, 1886
  
  Provenance: the artist; by descent to Carl Martin Steiger of St. Gallen, Switzerland; his daughter Fanny Lina Steiger [1897-c.1983] of Teufen, Switzerland; thence by descent to the present owner.