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Lowry's images of Kashmir are formed almost entirely from Francis Younghusband's Kashmir (London: A. & C. Black, 1911). The illustrations, supposedly by the Consul's mother, are in fact water-colours by Major Edward Molyneux to accompany Younghusband's book.

The Consul stared around mildly at the pictures on the wall, mostly water-colours by his mother depicting scenes in Kashmir: a small grey stone enclosure encompassing several birch trees and a taller poplar was Lallah Rookh's tomb – UTV, 83.

This watercolour by Edward Molyneux is entitled "Lallah Rookh's Tomb, Hassan Abdal" (Plate 50, opposite p.162).

More Molyneux

Watercolours 2-4: "Gorge of the Sind Valley at Gugganvir", "Shalimar Gardens" and "Distant View of Naga Parbat from the Kamri Pass"

Watercolours 5-7: "Mosque of Shah Hamadan", "A Terrace of the Nishat Bagh" and "Mouth of the Sind Valley".

Watercolours 8 and 9: "Market Boats on the Mar canal, Srinagar" and "In the Sind Valley".