John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley

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.

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.

FSA A1998.05

White, J. Claude (John Claude), b. 1853

Kangmar

Tibet (China)

China

Box 1

Purchase, 1998.

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Prints

Photographs

John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley. FSA.A1998.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Oversized file folder in one flat box.

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Photographs

Collection is open for research.