Photographs of mountain scenery and mountaineering in the Himalayas and Karakorams.
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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...
Portraits of Dame Eileen Younghusband, sometimes with her parents, mainly taken in Kashmir
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Collection of 75 loose prints by various photographers, the majority professional, but with a few amateur photographs. The material comprises portrait studies of Eileen Louise Younghusband (1902-1981) from a child of about one year, up to her twenties. Most of the views were taken in Kashmir in ...
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...