General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900)
The Bhasleo Pass, Kashmir c.1865
Pencil and watercolour with touches of white bodycolour | 29.0 x 44.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 917581
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A watercolour of a mountainous view with jagged peaks in distance. There is a tower in the left foreground with two figures with baggage in front of it. Signed at bottom left and inscribed at bottom right: The Bharseo Pass / Kulu - Near Cashmere. The watercolour is mounted in what is likely to be its original wide gold mount, though this practice is known to have been disliked by Prince Albert who preferred white mounts.
Sir John Miller Adye was an army officer who served in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny. He was also an accomplished artist, and there are three watercolours including this one by him in the Royal Collection (See RCINs 917580 and 928496). Additionally, Queen Victoria is known to have owned another drawing by Adye, titled 'The Charge of Heavy Cavalry at Balaclava' (1854), which is now untraced.Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria by the artist along with RCIN 917580. In the Royal Collection by January 1883.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pencil and watercolour with touches of white bodycolour
Measurements
29.0 x 44.2 cm (whole object)
Other number(s)
RL 17581
