John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1998.05
name: label: Creator
content: White, J. Claude (John Claude), b. 1853
place: label: Place
content: Kangmar
label: Place
content: Tibet (China)
label: Place
content: China
creator: label: Creator
content: White, J. Claude (John Claude), b. 1853
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Claude White (1853-1918) was an amateur British photographer who spent his entire professional life working for the British Raj.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (carbon, image 15 x 20 cm., mounted 40 x 51 cm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Purchase, 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1998.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Oversized file folder in one flat box.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.