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Photograph of Tsangpo Valley

Detail of a pattern

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Creator

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

undated
Physical Description

1 Print (carbon, 10 x 3.5 cm.; mounted 16 x 5 cm.)
Collection ID

FSA.A1998.06
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1998-06

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one carbon print by John Claude White, depicting a panoramic view of the Tsangpo River (Yarlung Zangbo) Valley, Tibet, circa 1904.
Biographical / Historical

John Claude White (1853-1918) was an amateur British photographer who spent his professional life working for the British Raj. From 1883 to 1908, White was stationed in Kathmandu and Sikkim. 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.
Local Numbers

FSA A1998.06
Creator

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

Tsangpo Valley

Tibet (China)

China
Custodial History

Purchase, 1998.
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Panoramas

Photographs
Citation

Photograph of Tsangpo Valley. FSA.A1998.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Arrangement

Organized in one oversized folder.
Rights

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

Panoramas

Photographs
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.