Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park (1890): Art, History and Details

Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park (1890) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park
• Date: 1890
• Creator attribution: Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
• Culture: India, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: Photochrom
• Dimensions: Image: 20.9 x 26.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.9 x 26.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
• Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2018.217

A detail from the museum

The composition evokes traditions in European landscape painting, not surprising since the photograph was made by Europeans for sale to Europeans and Americans.

Collection credit

Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust

View the collection record

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