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Ramblings in Cashmere [manuscript title page] by CAVE, Lieutenant Colonel George Noble - 1870

by CAVE, Lieutenant Colonel George Noble

Ramblings in Cashmere [manuscript title page] by CAVE, Lieutenant Colonel George Noble - 1870

Ramblings in Cashmere [manuscript title page]

by CAVE, Lieutenant Colonel George Noble

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Kashmir, India, 1870. Large folio. (25 3/4 x 20 inches). Mounted albumen photographic frontispiece portrait of the artist, manuscript title page with mounted original watercolor vignette (9 7/8 x 7 inches), 42 original watercolors, mounted onto 39 larger sheets, captioned in pencil on the mounts, ranging in size from 2 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches to 13 7/8 x 19 15/16 inches (with most being larger in size). Contemporary green cloth, rebacked and retipped with green morocco, flat spine gilt Provenance: G. N. Cave (the artist's son; presentation inscription to his neice); May Procter An extraordinary album of original watercolors of the Himalayas. George Noble Cave was born in Bristol in 1824, and served as an officer in the Bengal Staff Corp from 1849 when he married his first wife, Matilda Chambers, with whom he had five children. He was promoted from Captain to Major in 1861, and then to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1867, around the time he commenced these paintings. He married again to Jane Wheatley in 1871, with whom he had a sixth child. He later reached the rank of Colonel before returning to England where he died in 1908. The images present here skilfully and strikingly depict various scenes in the Kashmir region. The Kashmir region was one much favored by the British in the 19th century, and the sort of wonder its landscape inspired is expertly captured by Cave, who spent decades in the area. The plates comprise: [Title vignette]: Temple at Pendriton near Srinuggur [1] On the Jhelum, Murree route [2] First view of the Valley of Cashmere, near Baramoola [3] The Falls of Hurreebul [4] On the Veshau River, approach to the Konsa Nag [5] The Konsa Nag [6] On the Veshau River [7] Valley of the Lidder River. Village Guneshbul [8] On the Lidder River [9] In the Lidder Valley [10] Near Bunihar, Murree route [11] On the Downs, upper part of Lidder Valley [12] The Sheesh Nag, the source of the Lidder River [13] Pass above Sheesh Nag from the Lidder Valley to Sind Valley [14] Punjtarni or Five Streams, source of Sind River [15] On the Sind River [16] On the Sind River [17] Sona Murg or the Golden Down [18] The Sind Valley fom the Zajla Pass [19] On the Zajla Pass [20] Gungabul on Mr. Horomook [21] Gulmurg [22] Gulmurg [23] Last view of Valley of Cashmere from Babamirishi [24] Baramoolla [25] Narainkol on Mt. Horomook [26] Falls of Hurreebul on the Veshau River [27] On the Sona Murg, Sind River [28] Lake Manusbul, Early Morning [29] Buddhist Tempe at Bunihar [30] On the Mar Canal Srinuggur [31] The Lidder Valley from the Downs, Palgaum in the Distance [32] Buddhist Ruins at Martund [33] [Uncaptioned river scene] [34] The Dhul Lake, Srinuggur [35a] Plane Trees [35b] [Small uncaptioned river scene] [35c] On the Sind River [36a] Gulmurg [36b] On the Jhelum near Sombul [37] Lake Manusbul [38] Approach to the Cave of Ammernauth [39] On the Way to Dhul Lake, Srinuggur The presentation inscription, dated 19 April 1934, by Cave's son reads: "For my niece May Proctor because the pictures were painted by her grandfather in the presence of her mother in 1867-1869-1870."

  • Bookseller Donald Heald Rare Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Large folio
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Place of Publication Kashmir, India
  • Date Published 1870
  • Keywords 19th century