Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A1998.05
Creators:
White, J. Claude (John Claude), b. 1853
Dates:
undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Print
carbon
image 15 x 20 cm., mounted 40 x 51 cm
Repository:
Container:
1

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two items: 1. Carbon print by John Claude White, depicting a panoramic view of a mountain valley and village in Kangmar, Tibet, circa 1904.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Oversized file folder in one flat box.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
John Claude White (1853-1918) was an amateur British photographer who spent his entire professional life working for the British Raj. From 1883 to 1908, White was stationed in Kathmandu and Sikkim, and his famous images of the Himalayas were taken during this period. He accompanied Francis Younghusband on the British expedition to Tibet in 1903-1904 and made a number of landscape photographs during the campaign, including the image in this collection.

Administration

Custodial History
Purchase, 1998.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley. FSA.A1998.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A1998.05


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Kangmar Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tibet (China) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
China Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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