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WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. SIKKIM, 1890-1908. 56 large photographs by White of Sikkim, taken 1890-1908 gelatin silver and platinum prints (290 x 240 mm. and similar), mounted on card (455 x 360 mm) recto and verso, including two large panoramas
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WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918.
SIKKIM, 1890-1908. 56 large photographs by White of Sikkim, taken 1890-1908 gelatin silver and platinum prints (290 x 240 mm. and similar), mounted on card (455 x 360 mm) recto and verso, including two large panoramas (3 prints joined approx. 840 x 210 mm), captions mostly printed and glued in, three boards bear the blindstamp of the photographic firm of "Johnston & Hoffmann, India." Two cloth folding cases.
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.
A FINE COLLECTION OF LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIKKIM BY JOHN CLAUDE WHITE. In 1889 John Claude White was posted to Sikkim, a kingdom high in the Himalaya Mountains. To map and survey the border, he conducted detailed explorations on multiple visits to every region of Sikkim. He undertook an 11-month journey through the kingdom in 1892. The photographs in this collection are among the earliest photographs of Sikkim and capture vivid scenes of a vanishing culture and a changing environment. Folding case one includes: Road between Samatek and Toong; Waterfall above Cheungtong; Prayer Wheel at Lamteng; View at Tangho; Bridge above Tangho; View up Lungnag La; View above Tangho; Kinchenjhau from Sitong; Camp Giagong; Chomiomo from Giagong (2); Kinchenjhau from Giagong (2); Camp Gyamtsho; Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; View of Tibet from above the Kongra Lama Pass (3 images joined 840 x 210 mm); Panorama of Giagong looking South from Gyamtsho (3 images jointed 847 x 220 mm); Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; Yak Transport at Camp Yeumtsho; Lake South of Yeumtsho; Glacier Source of the Teesta North of Powhunri (2); Lake Cholamo and Donkya La from North; View East of Donkya La; Chumolarhi from North of Powhunri; Lake Cholamo and Range to East of Donkya La; Chomiomo from below Naku La. Folding case two includes: Chomiomo from below Naku La; View looking down Naku Chu; View of Tibet from the Naku La (2); The Tshogna (2); View up Valley East of Langpo Chu; Head of Langpo Valley; Glacier Head of Langpo Valley (7); The Chorten Nima La; View looking South from the Chorten Nima La; View looking towards the Chorten Nima La; View looking North from the Chorten Nima La; View of Kinchenjunga from the Chorten Nima La; Glacier N. W. of Chorten Nima La (2); View up Langpo Chu; Surveyors at work; [John Claude White with Chinese Officials]; John Claude White with unidentified Staff]; [John Claude White with unidentified British Officers]; [John Claude White's Escort]; [Soldiers in a Mountain Meadow]. 2 maps of Sikkim and Bhutan, London, 1909 laid in.
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 2005 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.
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.
A FINE COLLECTION OF LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIKKIM BY JOHN CLAUDE WHITE. In 1889 John Claude White was posted to Sikkim, a kingdom high in the Himalaya Mountains. To map and survey the border, he conducted detailed explorations on multiple visits to every region of Sikkim. He undertook an 11-month journey through the kingdom in 1892. The photographs in this collection are among the earliest photographs of Sikkim and capture vivid scenes of a vanishing culture and a changing environment. Folding case one includes: Road between Samatek and Toong; Waterfall above Cheungtong; Prayer Wheel at Lamteng; View at Tangho; Bridge above Tangho; View up Lungnag La; View above Tangho; Kinchenjhau from Sitong; Camp Giagong; Chomiomo from Giagong (2); Kinchenjhau from Giagong (2); Camp Gyamtsho; Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; View of Tibet from above the Kongra Lama Pass (3 images joined 840 x 210 mm); Panorama of Giagong looking South from Gyamtsho (3 images jointed 847 x 220 mm); Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; Yak Transport at Camp Yeumtsho; Lake South of Yeumtsho; Glacier Source of the Teesta North of Powhunri (2); Lake Cholamo and Donkya La from North; View East of Donkya La; Chumolarhi from North of Powhunri; Lake Cholamo and Range to East of Donkya La; Chomiomo from below Naku La. Folding case two includes: Chomiomo from below Naku La; View looking down Naku Chu; View of Tibet from the Naku La (2); The Tshogna (2); View up Valley East of Langpo Chu; Head of Langpo Valley; Glacier Head of Langpo Valley (7); The Chorten Nima La; View looking South from the Chorten Nima La; View looking towards the Chorten Nima La; View looking North from the Chorten Nima La; View of Kinchenjunga from the Chorten Nima La; Glacier N. W. of Chorten Nima La (2); View up Langpo Chu; Surveyors at work; [John Claude White with Chinese Officials]; John Claude White with unidentified Staff]; [John Claude White with unidentified British Officers]; [John Claude White's Escort]; [Soldiers in a Mountain Meadow]. 2 maps of Sikkim and Bhutan, London, 1909 laid in.
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 2005 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.