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MOUNT EVEREST Reconnaissance Expedition, 1921
George Leigh MALLORY (1886-1924, photographer). [Kangchenjunga and Jannu 90 miles away from peak north of Kama valley, 1921]. Gelatin silver print (18 x 25cm.) on early grey card mount, R.G.S. ref. no. '692' pencilled on verso of mount, framed and glazed.
A FINE VINTAGE PRINT OF "SOME OF THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD" TAKEN BY MALLORY DURING HOWARD-BURY'S EXPEDITION OF 1921. The title is taken from the card reference for this image at the Royal Geographical Society map room.
"Throughout the summer and autumn of 1920 the [Royal Geographical] Society conducted negotiations with the British Government, the Indian Government and the Dalai Lama, with the result that in January 1921 permission was obtained both to reconnoitre and attempt to Climb Mount Everest; also to survey the surrounding peaks. It was decided to launch a reconnaissance party at once, and, hopefully, to attempt the summit the following year" (Cameron The History of the Royal Geographical Society p.170).
In his report to the R.G.S. the expedition's leader, Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Howard-Bury, summed up the its achievements "The expedition accomplished what it set out to do. All the approaches to Mount Everest from the north, north-west and east were carefully reconnoitred... Some 13,000 square miles of new country was surveyed and mapped... and a series of photographs taken of a country quite unknown and containing some of the grandest scenery in the world."
In 1921 Mallory undertook a significant proportion of the surveying work and also took a number of photographs. He returned with Bruce's expedition in 1922 reaching a height of 26.985ft., in company with Somervell and Norton. During the 1924 expedition Mallory took the place of Odell on the third team to attempt the summit: he and Irvine were last seen alive on 6 June 1924, about 800 feet from the top, climbing upwards. No definite evidence of their fate has been found.
George Leigh MALLORY (1886-1924, photographer). [Kangchenjunga and Jannu 90 miles away from peak north of Kama valley, 1921]. Gelatin silver print (18 x 25cm.) on early grey card mount, R.G.S. ref. no. '692' pencilled on verso of mount, framed and glazed.
A FINE VINTAGE PRINT OF "SOME OF THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD" TAKEN BY MALLORY DURING HOWARD-BURY'S EXPEDITION OF 1921. The title is taken from the card reference for this image at the Royal Geographical Society map room.
"Throughout the summer and autumn of 1920 the [Royal Geographical] Society conducted negotiations with the British Government, the Indian Government and the Dalai Lama, with the result that in January 1921 permission was obtained both to reconnoitre and attempt to Climb Mount Everest; also to survey the surrounding peaks. It was decided to launch a reconnaissance party at once, and, hopefully, to attempt the summit the following year" (Cameron The History of the Royal Geographical Society p.170).
In his report to the R.G.S. the expedition's leader, Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Howard-Bury, summed up the its achievements "The expedition accomplished what it set out to do. All the approaches to Mount Everest from the north, north-west and east were carefully reconnoitred... Some 13,000 square miles of new country was surveyed and mapped... and a series of photographs taken of a country quite unknown and containing some of the grandest scenery in the world."
In 1921 Mallory undertook a significant proportion of the surveying work and also took a number of photographs. He returned with Bruce's expedition in 1922 reaching a height of 26.985ft., in company with Somervell and Norton. During the 1924 expedition Mallory took the place of Odell on the third team to attempt the summit: he and Irvine were last seen alive on 6 June 1924, about 800 feet from the top, climbing upwards. No definite evidence of their fate has been found.