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AFTER MRS W.L.L. Scott 'Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas hand-coloured lithographs by Th. Picken and W. Walton after Mrs Scott, laid down and window-mounted, some light spotting, one with short tear, 2 with light dampstain, published by Henry Graves & Co., 1852 image 33 x 52.5cm. (13 x 20 11/16in.) or similar. (9) image 1
AFTER MRS W.L.L. Scott 'Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas hand-coloured lithographs by Th. Picken and W. Walton after Mrs Scott, laid down and window-mounted, some light spotting, one with short tear, 2 with light dampstain, published by Henry Graves & Co., 1852 image 33 x 52.5cm. (13 x 20 11/16in.) or similar. (9) image 2
AFTER MRS W.L.L. Scott 'Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas hand-coloured lithographs by Th. Picken and W. Walton after Mrs Scott, laid down and window-mounted, some light spotting, one with short tear, 2 with light dampstain, published by Henry Graves & Co., 1852 image 33 x 52.5cm. (13 x 20 11/16in.) or similar. (9) image 3
From the Collection of Brij and Kanishka Sharma
Lot 72

AFTER MRS W.L.L. Scott
'Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas hand-coloured lithographs by Th. Picken and W. Walton after Mrs Scott, laid down and window-mounted, some light spotting, one with short tear, 2 with light dampstain, published by Henry Graves & Co., 1852 image 33 x 52.5cm. (13 x 20 11/16in.) or similar. (9)

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AFTER MRS W.L.L. Scott

'Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas
hand-coloured lithographs by Th. Picken and W. Walton after Mrs Scott, laid down and window-mounted, some light spotting, one with short tear, 2 with light dampstain, published by Henry Graves & Co., 1852
33 x 52.5cm (13 x 20 11/16in).image 33 x 52.5cm. (13 x 20 11/16in.) or similar. (9)

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Other views comprise: 'The Snow Range from Nagkanda Staging Bungalow - Sunset'; 'Lysium Hill, Simla, and the Government House of Former Years" [pictorial title-page of "Views in the Himalayas"]; 'The Lawrence Asylum and Soniawur Hills - Sunset'; 'Kussowlie and the Plains Beyond - Sunrise'; 'The Village of Koomarsen on the Left-hand Range. The Kooloo and Kote, Kangra Ranges in the Distance - Sunrise'; 'Suspension Bridge on the High Road from Kussowlie to Hurrepore - Sunrise'; 'Simla Prospect Point, Boileau Gunge, Bentick Castle, the Suddur Bazaar & Unfinished Church - Sunrise'; 'The Mission Bungalow and School House, Theog. The Forests of Mahassone and Phago in the Distance - Sunrise'.

Mrs. Scott published her book, Views in the Himalayas, in aid of the Lawrence Asylum for the orphans of British soldiers near Simla, and in response from friends for "some correct views of Scenes in the Himalayas familiar to the everyday traveller.... [So she] commenced the undertaking with slight prospects of success; delicate health, limited hours, and the rainy season, materially interrupting the progress of the drawings, which required to be finished on the spot" (Archer and Lightbown, India Observed, 1982).

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