Henry Godwin-Austen
Something about this watercolour caught my attention – the fine detail, the slight movement of a breeze in the tree. And there was something exotic – not from this continent. Then I started to read about the artist – Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), the British man who became obsessed with K2 and more peculiarly molluscs. The Karakoram peak K2 in the Himalayas was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen in his honour. The Godwin Austen Glacier was also named in his honour.
Catherine Moorhead wrote a recent exhaustive biography of this 19th century explorer, naturalist and topographer. K2 in the Himalayas is a mecca for alpinists but is also a source of great beauty and unusual natural surroundings. He was also the author of a book about molluscs in India and some of his collection is on display at the British Museum. As for his paintings, Godwin-Austen once said he painted 740 watercolours while exploring the Himalayas and various regions of India.
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Something about this watercolour caught my attention – the fine detail, the slight movement of a breeze in the tree. And there was something exotic – not from this continent. Then I started to read about the artist – Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), the British man who became obsessed with K2 and more peculiarly molluscs. The Karakoram peak K2 in the Himalayas was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen in his honour. The Godwin Austen Glacier was also named in his honour.
Catherine Moorhead wrote a recent exhaustive biography of this 19th century explorer, naturalist and topographer. K2 in the Himalayas is a mecca for alpinists but is also a source of great beauty and unusual natural surroundings. He was also the author of a book about molluscs in India and some of his collection is on display at the British Museum. As for his paintings, Godwin-Austen once said he painted 740 watercolours while exploring the Himalayas and various regions of India.
*click on arrows at edges of photos to view more photos
Something about this watercolour caught my attention – the fine detail, the slight movement of a breeze in the tree. And there was something exotic – not from this continent. Then I started to read about the artist – Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), the British man who became obsessed with K2 and more peculiarly molluscs. The Karakoram peak K2 in the Himalayas was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen in his honour. The Godwin Austen Glacier was also named in his honour.
Catherine Moorhead wrote a recent exhaustive biography of this 19th century explorer, naturalist and topographer. K2 in the Himalayas is a mecca for alpinists but is also a source of great beauty and unusual natural surroundings. He was also the author of a book about molluscs in India and some of his collection is on display at the British Museum. As for his paintings, Godwin-Austen once said he painted 740 watercolours while exploring the Himalayas and various regions of India.
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