Cleveland Museum of Art
Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Kutcherry Hill
Photoglob Co.LinkedCulture matchlcp-fbb637cfa54c
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Photochrom
- Culture
- India, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 313227
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The photographer chose a very high horizon line in order to emphasize the grandeur and scale of the mountains and foothills of the Lesser Himalayas. In the foreground, the human settlements are dwarfed by nature’s creation, but the greenery they offer is refreshing and hospitable in contrast to the severity of the rock and cragged, snow-covered peaks. The largest peak in the background is Kinchinjunga, the third highest mountain in the world and the tallest in India.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Provenance & credit
As published by the source institution. Coverage varies — not every institution's open-data feed includes ownership history.
- Credit line
- Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Provenance
- Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France | September 4, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.