Painting
1860 (made)
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This picture, done in pastel on paper, depicts a rocky gorge beneath a distant hill fort in Kashmir. In the foreground, a British couple and their dogs rest under a canopy while a servant fills water pots, and horses and mules are unloaded. Hill porters have brought large paniers full of chickens, ducks and fruit. The artist was George Landseer (1834-78), the nephew of the more famous painter Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73). George Landseer set out for India in 1859 and is thought to have stayed there for over fifteen years, travelling all over the subcontinent. In 1860, he accompanied Lord Canning (Governor-General of India from 1856-62) on his tour of Kashmir to escape the hot weather of the plains, and this is almost certainly when the picture was painted.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pastel and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Mountain scene in the Himalayas by George Landseer (British); pastel and watercolour on paper; India; 1860. |
| Physical description | Mountain scene in the Himalayas; pastel and watercolour on paper. Depicts an encampment in a mountain pass. A fort can be seen on a distant peak. People wearing turbans and with horses, mules and goats are gathered around tents. Baskets of poultry and food. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs George Landseer |
| Object history | This image belongs to a collection of 31 sketches of landscape views and figure subjects. given by his widow. George Landseer (1834–78) was a portrait and landscape painter, belonging to an English family of artists. Some sources refer to 1829 as his birth date.He exhibited biblical and literary subjects at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. He travelled to northern India to paint portraits and watercolour landscapes and returned to England in 1870. |
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| Summary | This picture, done in pastel on paper, depicts a rocky gorge beneath a distant hill fort in Kashmir. In the foreground, a British couple and their dogs rest under a canopy while a servant fills water pots, and horses and mules are unloaded. Hill porters have brought large paniers full of chickens, ducks and fruit. The artist was George Landseer (1834-78), the nephew of the more famous painter Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73). George Landseer set out for India in 1859 and is thought to have stayed there for over fifteen years, travelling all over the subcontinent. In 1860, he accompanied Lord Canning (Governor-General of India from 1856-62) on his tour of Kashmir to escape the hot weather of the plains, and this is almost certainly when the picture was painted. |
| Bibliographic reference | Stronge, S. (Ed.) "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999
p. 180, Pl. 204 and p. 238, Cat. 210 |
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| Accession number | IS.41:2-1881 |
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| Record created | November 13, 2002 |
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