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WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. BHUTAN AND SIKKIM. Album containing 80 large photographs by White of Bhutan and Sikkim taken 1905-1906, gelatin silver and platinum prints (300 x 200 mm. and similar), mounted on card (400 x 302 mm) recto and verso,
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WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918.
BHUTAN AND SIKKIM. Album containing 80 large photographs by White of Bhutan and Sikkim taken 1905-1906, gelatin silver and platinum prints (300 x 200 mm. and similar), mounted on card (400 x 302 mm) recto and verso, captioned below in ink or pencil. Modern half morocco and cloth, spine gilt lettered, edges gilt. A few tiny chips to corners of mounts at beginning.
Exhibited: A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan, The Rubin Museum, New York, August 6, 2010 – January 10, 2011.
AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF WHITE'S PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MEYER'S COLLECTION. White, an officer of the C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire), lived for two decades in Himalayan countries. An engineer by training, he was also a political officer and a pioneer in mountain photography. White traveled three times to Bhutan. "His photographs of Bhutan confirmed the beauty of the country ... White witnessed and documented the birth of a new nation in the 20th century, the hereditary monarchy of Bhutan, the small Himalayan country that remains both stable and independent to this day" (Meyer). The 80 photographs in this collection reflect White's keen sensitivity to his subject matter.
Subjects include: Sir Ugyen Wangchuck (2); Paro Jong (6); Band at Paro; Paro Ponlop's private house: Paro Jong interior: Gorina (2), Dukgye Jong; Tashicho Jong (3), Tashicho Jong interior (4); Talo Gonpa (2); Poonakha Jong (6); untitled [a ceremony]; Deb-raja; group photograph of Poonakha Jongpon, Thimbu Jongpon, Tongsa Ponlop, Zung Don-nyer, Deb Zimpon; untitled group photograph of same people in different setting; Ongduphodang Jong (5); Tongsa Jong (6); Tongsa Ponlop; group photograph of Byagha Tongpong. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa Zimpon; Tongsa Jong with Lamas; Tongsa's 2nd daughter. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa's 1st daughter; Old fashion Bhutanese women; Tongsa Ponlop and famity (Nephew. Sir Ugyen, Sir Ugyen's sister and daughters, 3 serving maids); group photograph of John Claude White, Sir Ugyen, Major Renwick, A.W. Paul; untitled Lhasa Doctor; Interior, Byagha Jong; Ongducholing. Tongsars sister's house; Tongsa Jong with Lamas interior (4); Lama Gonpa. Tongsa's private house; untitled, summer residence of Sir Ugyen's Sister at Sangacholing near Byagha; untitled Kuje; untitled Kuje Lhakhang; untitled Chutan near Rokhbi; untitled Tchin Chu (5); untitled Hah Village; untitled Shabdung Rinpochi's House; untitled Samto Kha Jong.
The Meyer collection of John Claude White Photographs formed the first dedicated exhibit of his work at the Rubin Museum in 2010, as well as the basis for their book, In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White. According to American Book Prices Current photographs by John Claude White are very rare and no other collection of this subject and sizes sold at auction in the past 45 years. See Hannavy: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography vol. 2 p. 1496; Meyer, Kurt and Pamela Deuel Meyer: In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White, 2005; White, Sikkim and Bhutan, Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier 1887–1908.
Exhibited: A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan, The Rubin Museum, New York, August 6, 2010 – January 10, 2011.
AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF WHITE'S PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MEYER'S COLLECTION. White, an officer of the C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire), lived for two decades in Himalayan countries. An engineer by training, he was also a political officer and a pioneer in mountain photography. White traveled three times to Bhutan. "His photographs of Bhutan confirmed the beauty of the country ... White witnessed and documented the birth of a new nation in the 20th century, the hereditary monarchy of Bhutan, the small Himalayan country that remains both stable and independent to this day" (Meyer). The 80 photographs in this collection reflect White's keen sensitivity to his subject matter.
Subjects include: Sir Ugyen Wangchuck (2); Paro Jong (6); Band at Paro; Paro Ponlop's private house: Paro Jong interior: Gorina (2), Dukgye Jong; Tashicho Jong (3), Tashicho Jong interior (4); Talo Gonpa (2); Poonakha Jong (6); untitled [a ceremony]; Deb-raja; group photograph of Poonakha Jongpon, Thimbu Jongpon, Tongsa Ponlop, Zung Don-nyer, Deb Zimpon; untitled group photograph of same people in different setting; Ongduphodang Jong (5); Tongsa Jong (6); Tongsa Ponlop; group photograph of Byagha Tongpong. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa Zimpon; Tongsa Jong with Lamas; Tongsa's 2nd daughter. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa's 1st daughter; Old fashion Bhutanese women; Tongsa Ponlop and famity (Nephew. Sir Ugyen, Sir Ugyen's sister and daughters, 3 serving maids); group photograph of John Claude White, Sir Ugyen, Major Renwick, A.W. Paul; untitled Lhasa Doctor; Interior, Byagha Jong; Ongducholing. Tongsars sister's house; Tongsa Jong with Lamas interior (4); Lama Gonpa. Tongsa's private house; untitled, summer residence of Sir Ugyen's Sister at Sangacholing near Byagha; untitled Kuje; untitled Kuje Lhakhang; untitled Chutan near Rokhbi; untitled Tchin Chu (5); untitled Hah Village; untitled Shabdung Rinpochi's House; untitled Samto Kha Jong.
The Meyer collection of John Claude White Photographs formed the first dedicated exhibit of his work at the Rubin Museum in 2010, as well as the basis for their book, In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White. According to American Book Prices Current photographs by John Claude White are very rare and no other collection of this subject and sizes sold at auction in the past 45 years. See Hannavy: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography vol. 2 p. 1496; Meyer, Kurt and Pamela Deuel Meyer: In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White, 2005; White, Sikkim and Bhutan, Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier 1887–1908.