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Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park
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The Cleveland Museum of Art

Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park

Description

This view looks down at the town of Darjeeling, established in the early 1800s by the British colonial administration at 6,900 feet above sea level and across the foothills at Kinchinjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, which rises to more than 28,000 feet.

Provenance

Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

20.9 × 26.8 cm

Movement / Period

Photography

Accession No

2018.217

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)

Photography • India, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries