Mahableshwar, from Lady Frere's veranda

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English School (mid 19th century)
Mahableshwar, from Lady Frere's veranda
inscribed 'Mahableshwar from Lady Feres/Veranda [...] too low Foreground [...]' (left side) and 'Mahableshwar' (lower right) and further inscribed 'Mahableshwar Saddle back from Lady Freres Verandah' on the reverse
pencil and watercolour om paper
S. 13 7/8 x 19 7/8in. (35.3 x 50.5cm.)
with 2 further watercolours of similar views by the same hand (3)

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Lot Essay

Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815-1884), the disitinguished British administrator was made Governor of Bombay between (1862-1867). The hill station of Mahableshwar is situated amongst the Western Ghats, the mountain range to be found running along the western coast of India, behind Bombay.

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