Photograph of peak K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen), Himalayas. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of peak K2 in the Himalayan range; signed on the mount: Francis Younghusband 1887, Eric Shipton 1931 and H. W. [Harold William] Tilman 1937. [Transferred to Prints, Drawings and Photographs]
Photographs of mountain scenery and mountaineering in the Himalayas and Karakorams.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 155 loose prints, divided into the following categories: Prints 1-15 Commercial views of mountain scenery, including the Sind Valley, Liddar Valley, Baltoro Glacier, K2. The majority of these appear to date from the 1890s-1900s. Several are stamped on the reverse, 'From A. M. Heat...
Younghusband Collection: Photographs of Kashmir. Photographers: Alim Chand, Lambert (Kashmir), R. E. Shorter and others unknown
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Collection of 81 loose prints, some mounted on album leaves, relating to Sir Francis Younghusband's period as Resident in Kashmir 1906-09. The photographs record the visit of the Viceroy Lord Minto in November 1906 (a fuller documentation of the visit can be found in Mss Eur F197/669), family an...