The Upper Himmalayahs. View of Valley from Fallaldasa with Srikanta Peaks in the Distance
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Upper Himmalayahs. View of Valley from Fallaldasa with Srikanta Peaks in the Distance is a 1866 by Samuel Bourne, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a wide, misty valley with sharp snow peaks poking through the clouds. A tiny village sits in the foreground, almost lost in the huge landscape. This photo was taken in the 1860s by a British photographer lugging heavy glass plates up Himalayan trails. The view is real—no filters, no edits—just early photography capturing a place most Europeans had never seen. If you like quiet mountain scenes, look up the technique called *impasto*.
