Aiguille Stucture
John Ruskin
1856
Ruskin's drawings engraved by J. C. Armytage
Source: Works, Facing VI, 200.
Learning how to see using both art and geology: Ruskin's illustrations for Modern Painters IV, Chapter 13, "Of the Sculpture of Mountains: — Secondly, the Central Peaks." Compare The Aigiulle Blaitiere, a more artistic rendering of mountain glory.
Scanned image and text by George P. Landow