Distant view of Punakha Dzong seen from the south. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
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Distant view of Punakha Dzong seen from the south. 44.7 by 66 cm. Note: A similar untraced view was used by George Stubbs as the background to a painting of a yak. The animal had been sent to Hastings on his return to England.
Inscribed on original mount: 'The Aret Valley in the Chugani country of Afghanistan. The house belongs to Malik Azim Khan'. Artist(s): Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville (1835-1898)
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Inscribed on original mount: ‘The Aret Valley in the Chugani country of Afghanistan. The house belongs to Malik Azim Khan. Capt. Tanner’. Wash heightened with white; 45 by 62.7 cm with arched top. Purchased 1974. Note: For an account of Tanner’s expedition to the Aret Valley see his ‘Notes ...