Skip to main content

Sunrise in the Wengernalp, by Thomas Fearnley

Image attached to PD.53-1998

An image of Sunrise in the Wengernalp. Fearnley, Thomas (Norwegian, 1802-1842). Oil on paper, laid on canvas. Height 24.5 cm, width 30 cm, circa 1835.

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

About this image

Sunrise in the Wengernalp. Fearnley, Thomas (Norwegian, 1802-1842). Oil on paper, laid on canvas. Height 24.5 cm, width 30 cm, circa 1835.

Image data

  • Accession Number: PD.53-1998
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 832 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
  • Filesize: 169.07kB
  • Exposure time: 2147483/536870912
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 872415232/67108864
  • Captured: 2012:01:28 04:20:02

Key words

19th Century alpine alps exterior Fitz_PDP landscape morning mountainous mountains Norwegian oil on paper painting peaks Romanticism sunrise sunshine Swiss Switzerland Thomas Fearnley

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Sunrise in the Wengernalp, by Thomas Fearnley" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2663977324 Accessed: 2025-12-05 08:04:16

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2663977324 |title=Sunrise in the Wengernalp, by Thomas Fearnley |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 08:04:16|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-213551

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp81/large_PD_53_1998_1_201201_adn21_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Sunrise in the Wengernalp"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sunrise in the Wengernalp, by Thomas Fearnley</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...