Shared by Beth Watson via email. She writes, “A painting by G. Strahan. It was given to my Great Grandfather Rev.William Morrison in 1898. The painting is of Sonear Nag Lake- Kashmir.”
Colonel Geoffrey Strahan (1839-1916 was Deputy Surveyor General, Trigonometrical Branch. Although there is a spring named Sonar Nag in Kashmir (Shall Mohallah at Waripora, Pehlipora, Shopian), this looks like famous Sheshnag Lake.
Strahan painted a bunch of Kashmir painting about 1894, some of them were published in the book ‘The Charm of Kashmir’ (1920) by V.C. Scott O’connor.
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