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1. Mss Eur F197/655(a)-(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(a)-(b)
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1930s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Mss Eur F197/655(157)

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

3. Mss Eur F197/655(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(1)
Title:
Sind Valley. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the Sind Valley, looking towards mountains. Print in poorish condition, with tears and folds at edges. [Silver printing-out paper, 215x287mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; river scenes; Younghusband Collection Location = India; Jammu and Kashmir; Sin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F197/655(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(16)
Title:
Snows with cloud [?Himalayas from Darjiling]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View towards mountains, with cloud in foreground. (?)Mount Everest in centre of print. [Gelatin silver print, 288x115mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery; Younghusband Collection Location = Everest, Mount; Himalayas; Nepal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F197/655(159)

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

6. Mss Eur F197/655(158)

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

7. Mss Eur F197/655(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(3)
Title:
Above Pailgam (Liddar Valley). Photographer: Sella, Vittorio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the Liddar River, with mountains in the distance. The caption as given appears to be the original one. 'Sind Valley' is also written in pencil on the back of the print. Uncredited, but probably a photograph taken by Sella during the Duke of Abruzzi's 1909...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F197/655(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(10)
Title:
Gusherbrum from Baltoro. Photographer: Sella, Vittorio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of peak, with glacier in foreground. Deep fold down centre of print. Reproduced in Filippo de Filippi, 'Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909' (London, 1912), facing p. 212, there captioned 'Gasherbrum'. [Gelatin silver print, 193x248mm]. Subjects = gl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F197/655(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(17)
Title:
View down Shaksgam River from 36° 40', L77° 12', taken by Major Mason 1926. Photographer: Mason, Major
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking up the river valley towards Gusherbrum, Broad Peak, K2 and other mountains of the Karakoram. A note in Younghusband's hand reads 'I discovered this valley in 1887 and again visited in 1889. F.E.H.' Faded print. [133x80mm]. Subjects = mountain scenery...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F197/655(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197/655(2)
Title:
Coolies crossing avalanche below Sonamarg. Photographer: Sella, Vittorio
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the Sind River valley. In the middle distance a line of men are negotiating the snow field acros the path which follows the line of the river. Uncredited, but probably a photograph taken by Sella during the Duke of Abruzzi's 1909 Karakoram Expedition. [S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item