View of Mount Everest from Khambajong
View of Mount Everest from Khambajong
View of Mount Everest from Khambajong
View of Mount Everest from Khambajong

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View of Mount Everest from Khambajong,

ca. 1902–08

John Claude White, English, 1853 - 1918
1997-453

Information

Title
View of Mount Everest from Khambajong
Dates

ca. 1902–08

Maker
John Claude White
Medium
Carbon print
Dimensions
image: 23.4 x 28.7 cm (9 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 34.1 x 45.8 cm (13 7/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth C. Jacobson, Class of 1970
Object Number
1997-453
Place Depicted

Tibet

Inscription
Printed on backing board: MOUNT EVEREST FROM KHAMBAJONG. / This view is one taken with a telephoto lens from a distance of ninety-one miles. Everest stands / up well, and even at this distance looks a veritable giant.
Culture
British
Type
photographs
Subject
mountains, hills, landscapes (representations), Tibet, Himalayan

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