Manson (James, Captain in the 72nd Native Infantry in 1825, Major General in 1861, 1791-1862) Three views of Almora and its environs, Uttarakhand, India, brush and watercolour over pencil, one signed and dated, each inscribed to reverse, one reads 'Bleemtal, the first stage from the Plains on the road to Almorah', and the other two are both inscribed 'Almorah', each image approx. 275 x 390 mm (10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in), laid onto card support, some worm holes, surface dirt and browning, unframed, [with Archer nos. 519, 520, and 522], 1826

Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.

⁂ Manson assisted his brother in compiling a comprehensive mineral survey of the Himalayan mountains between the Sutlej and Kalee rivers, and while working on this project between 1823 and 1828 executed some watercolours depicting the many isolated mountain villages. The three landscapes relate to a group of twelve by Manson held in the British Library [cf. Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, 1969, p. 558-59]