The Mausoleum at Hissar

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MRS H. FORSTER (BORN 1825)
The Mausoleum at Hissar
signed with monogram and dated '/64' (lower left, overmounted) and inscribed 'The "Mausoleum" our house at Hissar where we resided for 18 years' (on the backing sheet, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white, on blue paper
9 x 12 3/8 in. (23 x 31.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

It was not unusual for tombs outside Dehli to be used as residences. Sir Thomas Metcalfe's (1795-1853) retreat during the rainy season was built on the first floor of the tomb of Mohammed Quli Khan.

According to a note attached to the backboard, the artist spent most of her life in India.

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