Darjeeling. Kinchinjunga and the Snows from Beechwood Park
Medium
Photochrom
Dimensions
image: 20.9 × 26.8 cm · paper: 20.9 × 26.8 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
Accession Number
2018.217
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.