Thikse Monastery on the Tibetan border; and A view of Leh, the old capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, and its Palace, India

Having married the notable woodblock artist Mabel Royds in 1913, the couple travelled extensively through India and Tibet during Lumsden's service in the Indian army in the first world war - the period from which the works offered here date. He is best known for his prints derived from his time in India and his important 1925 text 'The art of Etching' (London, Seely, Service and Co.) is still an important reference for all those practising or studying the medium.
Leh was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is still dominated by the now ruined Leh Palace, former mansion of the royal family of Ladakh, built by King Sengge Namgyal (1612–1642). Thikse Monastery (also transliterated from Ladakhi as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a gompa or monastery affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill approximately nineteen kilometres east of Leh.