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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/655(20-155, 160-162)
Title:: Snapshots of the 1924 Everest Expedition. Photographer: Bentley Beetham
Scope & Content:: Collection of 138 loose, uncaptioned snapshots. Many, if not all, relate to the 1924 Everest Expedition and show views of mountain scenery, Tibetan landscape, camps, pack animals, porters and portraits of climbers. One group portrait can be seen in enlarged form (with identifications) at Photo 1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1924
Extent:: 138 prints

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/655(156)
Title:: Torre Mustagh dal Camo XI ai piedi del Golden Throne (telefotografia). Luglio 1909. Photographer: Sella, Vittorio
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Telephoto view of the peak of Mustagh Tower. Print in poor condition, rolled, with some tears. [Gelatin silver print, blind embossed 'Vittorio Sella, Biella', 279x375mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; mountaineering; Younghusband Collection Location = India/Paki...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/655(157)
Title:: K2. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography General view of mountain. Print in poorish condition, rolled. [Sepia toned (?)carbon print, 299x396mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery Location = Godwin Austen, Mount; India/Pakistan disputed territory; K2; Karakoram Range; Kashmir
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1920s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/655(158)
Title:: [Mount Everest from Base Camp.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from base camp looking towards the peak. Print in very poor condition, rolled, with folds and tears. [Green toned (?)carbon print, 446x338mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; mountaineering Location = Everest, Mount; Nepal
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1924
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/655(159)
Title:: North face of K2. Photographer: Shipton, Eric
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View along glacier towards the peak. [Gelatin silver print, signed 'Eric Shipton 1937', 187x300mm]. Subjects = glaciers; landscape features; mountain scenery; mountaineering Location = Godwin Austen, Mount; India/Pakistan disputed territory; K2; Karakoram Range...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1937
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/657(1)
Title:: Group portrait of the World Congress of Faiths, London. Photographer: London Panoramic Company
Scope & Content:: Panoramic group portrait of the World Congress of Faiths, with Francis Younghusband seated in the centre. [810x178mm]. Subjects = panoramas; World Congress of Faiths; Younghusband Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 1936
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/665(1)
Title:: Pages 1-55: Portraits of family and friends of Helen Magniac (later Lady Younghusband). Photographer: Various
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Album pages containing portraits of family members and friends (many autographed), views of British country houses and house parties, previous to Helen Augusta Magniac's marriage to Francis Younghusband in 1897. This material has not been individually listed, but con...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/665(56)
Title:: [Lady Canning's Grave, Barrackpore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the grave, standing in a rather overgrown site at Barrackpore. Owing the neglect and the effects of the Bengal climate, the original monument was removed to St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta in 1873 and later still to its present location in the porc...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/665(57)
Title:: [Portrait of Sir Umed Singh, Maharao of Kota.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing studio portrait of Sir Umed Singh (1873-1940), Maharao of Kota, succeeded as minor 1889, ruled 1896-1940. Photograph unsigned, but almost certainly by Herzog & Higgins. Signed 'Umaid Singh Dec 1898' in bottom right corner. [Platinum prints, ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1898
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F197/665(59)
Title:: [European group portrait, probably taken at Kota, 1898-99.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Uncaptioned European group, with Sir Francis Younghusband standing in the back row on the left. The photograph presumably relates to the handwritten invitation pasted onto the facing page, in which Umaid Singh, Maharao of Kota, 'requests the honor of Captain and Mrs ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

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