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Description: | Pencil, wash and watercolour, embellished with silver within a black frame of the pool at Balaju, north of Kathmandu in Nepal, part of the Lawrence Collection created by an anonymous artist, c. 1843-1846. The drawing is inscribed in pencil on the front: 'Bala Ji. Flowing Tank. 2 miles north of Khatmandu;' and on the reverse: 'Temple. Tank with sacred fish (Nellie Lawrence's note) 1907.' The original pencil sketch for this drawing is in the Hodgson collection in the Royal Asiatic Society.
The image shows a Political Officer on horseback, perhaps Lawrence himself, approaching a group of Newars in front of a tank with many images and fountains. Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-1857) held the post of Resident of Nepal from 1843 to 1846. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Anonymous | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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