Identifier: imperialindiaar00prin (find matches)
Title: Imperial India; an artist's journals
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Prinsep, Val C. (Val Cameron), 1838-1904
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Publisher: London Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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son andthree from the father, and in these I have been expected to painttwo elaborately-got-up chiefs. Ldo not think I have ever beenso put to as here. It is not the bore of having to ride twomiles backwards and forwards morning and afternoon throughthe hot sun ; but in every other place I have worked in I havealways had a place where I could digest what I did, tickle upbackgrounds, &c.; here I have had nothing but travelling tents.The rooms I painted in had of course an indifferent light, andeverything was against me ; but here I have no room at all. The little boy, entertained principally by the Chief Justice, satvery fairly, and I hope to make a good thing by-and-bye from hisstudy. What I shall do from the Rajah I know not; happily Ihave a photograph. So here I have waited five weeks for threesittings! It is too disgusting ; but unless I choose to wait anotherfortnight I shall not get any more. What disgusts me more isthat I have been unable to make any sketches of this part of
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p- 234 THE CHOTA MEAN SAHIB, THIRD SON OF THE MAHARAJAH OF KASHMIR, KASHMIR—ACCHABUL—THE LIDDAR VALLEY. 235 Kashmir, my painting things having been left at Acchabul, as itwas hard to lug them backwards and forwards each day. Kashmir in the old day was divided into two provinces : beau-tiful Kashmir, and not so beautiful Kashmir. This part was aportion of the first province. I suspect the name was given bythe conquering Mogul, who looked to the number of gold mohursfurnished by the province. This part is very rich, being almostall under rice cultivation. But the patches of water, which tellwhere the rice will be by-and-bye, are not beautiful except wherethey reflect the flush and sheen of the sunset. The mountainstoo are only respectable, and have none of the marvellous gran-deur of the long range of the Pir Punjal as seen from Sreenugger.Alas! since it has turned warm one seldom sees the higher peaks.(Since writing the above we have had a beautiful clear sunset, andI retract. The

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