Major Forbes (fl. 1860-1880)
Picnic at Dharamsala
signed, inscribed and dated 'Major Forbes. 1870. Picnic.Dhrumsala.' (on the mount)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, unframed
7 x 9.7/8 in. (17.9 x 25.2 cm.)
Lot Essay
Dharamsala is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, where the Dalai Lama fled after the Chinese invasion of Tibet.