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b. 1853 - d. 1918

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    • WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. SIKKIM, 1890-1908. 56 large photographs by White of Sikkim, taken 1890-1908 gelatin silver and platinum prints (290 x 240 mm. and similar), mounted on card (455 x 360 mm) recto and verso, including two large panoramas
      Oct. 25, 2022

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. SIKKIM, 1890-1908. 56 large photographs by White of Sikkim, taken 1890-1908 gelatin silver and platinum prints (290 x 240 mm. and similar), mounted on card (455 x 360 mm) recto and verso, including two large panoramas

      Est: $30,000 - $40,000

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. SIKKIM, 1890-1908. 56 large photographs by White of Sikkim, taken 1890-1908 gelatin silver and platinum prints (290 x 240 mm. and similar), mounted on card (455 x 360 mm) recto and verso, including two large panoramas (3 prints joined approx. 840 x 210 mm), captions mostly printed and glued in, three boards bear the blindstamp of the photographic firm of 'Johnston & Hoffmann, India.' Two cloth folding cases. Exhibited: A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan, The Rubin Museum, New York, August 6, 2010 – January 10, 2011. A FINE COLLECTION OF LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIKKIM BY JOHN CLAUDE WHITE. In 1889 John Claude White was posted to Sikkim, a kingdom high in the Himalaya Mountains. To map and survey the border, he conducted detailed explorations on multiple visits to every region of Sikkim. He undertook an 11-month journey through the kingdom in 1892. The photographs in this collection are among the earliest photographs of Sikkim and capture vivid scenes of a vanishing culture and a changing environment. Folding case one includes: Road between Samatek and Toong; Waterfall above Cheungtong; Prayer Wheel at Lamteng; View at Tangho; Bridge above Tangho; View up Lungnag La; View above Tangho; Kinchenjhau from Sitong; Camp Giagong; Chomiomo from Giagong (2); Kinchenjhau from Giagong (2); Camp Gyamtsho; Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; View of Tibet from above the Kongra Lama Pass (3 images joined 840 x 210 mm); Panorama of Giagong looking South from Gyamtsho (3 images jointed 847 x 220 mm); Chomiomo from Gyamtsho; Yak Transport at Camp Yeumtsho; Lake South of Yeumtsho; Glacier Source of the Teesta North of Powhunri (2); Lake Cholamo and Donkya La from North; View East of Donkya La; Chumolarhi from North of Powhunri; Lake Cholamo and Range to East of Donkya La; Chomiomo from below Naku La. Folding case two includes: Chomiomo from below Naku La; View looking down Naku Chu; View of Tibet from the Naku La (2); The Tshogna (2); View up Valley East of Langpo Chu; Head of Langpo Valley; Glacier Head of Langpo Valley (7); The Chorten Nima La; View looking South from the Chorten Nima La; View looking towards the Chorten Nima La; View looking North from the Chorten Nima La; View of Kinchenjunga from the Chorten Nima La; Glacier N. W. of Chorten Nima La (2); View up Langpo Chu; Surveyors at work; [John Claude White with Chinese Officials]; John Claude White with unidentified Staff]; [John Claude White with unidentified British Officers]; [John Claude White's Escort]; [Soldiers in a Mountain Meadow]. 2 maps of Sikkim and Bhutan, London, 1909 laid in. The Meyer collection of John Claude White Photographs formed the first dedicated exhibit of his work at the Rubin Museum in 2010, as well as the basis for their 2005 book, In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White. According to American Book Prices Current photographs by John Claude White are very rare and no other collection of this subject and sizes sold at auction in the past 45 years. See Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography vol 2 p 1496; Meyer, Kurt and Pamela Deuel Meyer, In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White, 2005.

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    • WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. BHUTAN AND SIKKIM. Album containing 80 large photographs by White of Bhutan and Sikkim taken 1905-1906, gelatin silver and platinum prints (300 x 200 mm. and similar), mounted on card (400 x 302 mm) recto and verso,
      Oct. 25, 2022

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. BHUTAN AND SIKKIM. Album containing 80 large photographs by White of Bhutan and Sikkim taken 1905-1906, gelatin silver and platinum prints (300 x 200 mm. and similar), mounted on card (400 x 302 mm) recto and verso,

      Est: $60,000 - $90,000

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE. 1853-1918. BHUTAN AND SIKKIM. Album containing 80 large photographs by White of Bhutan and Sikkim taken 1905-1906, gelatin silver and platinum prints (300 x 200 mm. and similar), mounted on card (400 x 302 mm) recto and verso, captioned below in ink or pencil. Modern half morocco and cloth, spine gilt lettered, edges gilt. A few tiny chips to corners of mounts at beginning. Exhibited: A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan, The Rubin Museum, New York, August 6, 2010 – January 10, 2011. AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF WHITE'S PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MEYER'S COLLECTION. White, an officer of the C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire), lived for two decades in Himalayan countries. An engineer by training, he was also a political officer and a pioneer in mountain photography. White traveled three times to Bhutan. 'His photographs of Bhutan confirmed the beauty of the country ... White witnessed and documented the birth of a new nation in the 20th century, the hereditary monarchy of Bhutan, the small Himalayan country that remains both stable and independent to this day' (Meyer). The 80 photographs in this collection reflect White's keen sensitivity to his subject matter. Subjects include: Sir Ugyen Wangchuck (2); Paro Jong (6); Band at Paro; Paro Ponlop's private house: Paro Jong interior: Gorina (2), Dukgye Jong; Tashicho Jong (3), Tashicho Jong interior (4); Talo Gonpa (2); Poonakha Jong (6); untitled [a ceremony]; Deb-raja; group photograph of Poonakha Jongpon, Thimbu Jongpon, Tongsa Ponlop, Zung Don-nyer, Deb Zimpon; untitled group photograph of same people in different setting; Ongduphodang Jong (5); Tongsa Jong (6); Tongsa Ponlop; group photograph of Byagha Tongpong. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa Zimpon; Tongsa Jong with Lamas; Tongsa's 2nd daughter. Tongsa Ponlop. Tongsa's 1st daughter; Old fashion Bhutanese women; Tongsa Ponlop and famity (Nephew. Sir Ugyen, Sir Ugyen's sister and daughters, 3 serving maids); group photograph of John Claude White, Sir Ugyen, Major Renwick, A.W. Paul; untitled Lhasa Doctor; Interior, Byagha Jong; Ongducholing. Tongsars sister's house; Tongsa Jong with Lamas interior (4); Lama Gonpa. Tongsa's private house; untitled, summer residence of Sir Ugyen's Sister at Sangacholing near Byagha; untitled Kuje; untitled Kuje Lhakhang; untitled Chutan near Rokhbi; untitled Tchin Chu (5); untitled Hah Village; untitled Shabdung Rinpochi's House; untitled Samto Kha Jong. The Meyer collection of John Claude White Photographs formed the first dedicated exhibit of his work at the Rubin Museum in 2010, as well as the basis for their book, In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White. According to American Book Prices Current photographs by John Claude White are very rare and no other collection of this subject and sizes sold at auction in the past 45 years. See Hannavy: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography vol. 2 p. 1496; Meyer, Kurt and Pamela Deuel Meyer: In the Shadows of the Himalayas, Tibet, Bhuttan, Nepal, Sikkim, A photographic Record of John Claude White, 2005; White, Sikkim and Bhutan, Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier 1887–1908.

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    • WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Nachung Monastery, Tibet August 1904, likely printed 1905-1910.
      Dec. 15, 2020

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Nachung Monastery, Tibet August 1904, likely printed 1905-1910.

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Nachung Monastery, Tibet August 1904, likely printed 1905-1910. Platinum print on wove watercolor paper, 5 1/2 x 7/8 inches (141 x 227 mm), unsigned (as usual). About fine, no defects noted. Nachung (also written as Nechung, Na'chung) Monastery (now removed to India) was the home of the Nechung Oracle, the Tibetan State Oracle (and the human voice of the deity Dorje Drakden). The Oracle's breastplate mirror is now at the Liverpool Museum, having been removed by Percival Langdon during his visit to the Monastery. It was subsequently owned by White. See: https://objectlessonsfromtibetblog.wordpress.com/objects-in-focus/august-1904-nechung-oracles-breastplate/ for an excellent account, illustrated with another copy of the present image from the Liverpool collection. John Claude White was assigned (somewhat against his will) to Younghusband's Tibet Frontier Commission. His photography of Tibet is of an exceedingly high standard, and he was "probably one of the last, and certainly among the most impressive products of a tradition of quasi-amateur photography which had flourished among administrators and military personnel in India since the 1850's." - John Falconer. C 

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    • WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Tibetan Monastery and Landscape, Lhasa and Tibet, 1905].
      Dec. 14, 2017

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Tibetan Monastery and Landscape, Lhasa and Tibet, 1905].

      Est: $1,200 - $1,800

      WHITE, JOHN CLAUDE (1853-1918) [Tibetan Monastery and Landscape, Lhasa and Tibet, 1905]. Platinum print on wove watercolor paper, 7 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (185 x 310 mm), unsigned (as usual). Some finger soiling to the surrounding margins, the image fine. Framed. John Claude White was assigned (somewhat against his will) to Younghusband's Tibet Frontier Commission. His photography of Tibet is of an exceedingly high standard, and he was "probably one of the last, and certainly among the most impressive products of a tradition of quasi-amateur photography which had flourished among administrators and military personnel in India since the 1850's." - John Falconer. With Throckmorton Fine Art. C 

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