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51. Add Or 3095

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3095
Title:
Phula Singh Akali.
Scope & Content:
Phula Singh Akali. Inscribed as above. Note: Phula Singh was a member of the ascetic sect, Akalis, who wore blue garments and a steel quoit round their turbans. He was a wild rebel and defied Ranjit Singh. He led a mob which attacked Metcalfe in Amritsar in 1809 and attacked Multan in 1816. He...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

52. Add Or 3170

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3170
Title:
A Sikh kneeling on a terrace
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a Sikh in orange turban and coat and pale yellow dress wearing a black shield on his back and kneeling on a terrace. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Native unknown’; on back ‘Native Drawing.’ Gouache; 6.75 by 5.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1837
Extent:
1 Item

53. Add Or 3171

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3171
Title:
A Sikh sardar, probably Raja Suchet Singh
Scope & Content:
A Sikh sardar, probably Raja Suchet Singh (1801-44), standing facing left and wearing a white dress and turban. He has a black shield on his back and a sword in a crimson scabbard at his side. By a Lahore or Amritsar artist, Punjab Plains, c.1837. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Costume and at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1837
Extent:
1 Item

54. Add Or 3172

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3172
Title:
Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45)
Scope & Content:
Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45). Punjab Plains, c.1855 (probably by a Lahore or Amritsar artist). Purchased 20 May 1971 (together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3167-3171), from the collection of Godfrey Thomas Vigne, the early traveller in the Punjab and Himalayas who visited the Sikh cour...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

55. Add Or 4094

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4094
Title:
A seated Sikh prince wearing a short beard, possibly Hira Singh (c.1816-1844)
Scope & Content:
A seated Sikh prince wearing a short beard. By a Punjab artist, c.1840. 100 by 85 mm. Note: Possibly Hira Singh (c.1816-1844), Ranjit Singh’s erstwhilte favourite, who is depicted with a similar beard in Add.Or.1400.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

56. Add Or 4096

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4096
Title:
A seated Sikh holding a rosary
Scope & Content:
A seated Sikh holding a rosary. By a Punjab artist, c.1840. 98 by 85 mm . Note: From the same series as 4094.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

57. Add Or 4245

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4245
Title:
Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1857-85)
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1857-85), kneeling among cushions on a terrace. By a Sikh artist, c.1880. Opaque water-colour heightened with gold; in an oval cartouche maximum 267 by 151 mm within a painted frame; on an album page 300 by 175 mm. Deposited on permanent loan with t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

58. Add Or 4315

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4315
Title:
A series of hand-coloured woodcuts of 12 rulers of the Punjab and neighbouring areas, and of Sikh heroes
Scope & Content:
The portraits comprise Maharaja Sher Singh (1804-43); Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839); Maharaja Dalip Singh (1837-93); Mulraj, Governor of Multan 1844-49; Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1792-1857); Rani Jindan, Regent at Lahore 1843-46, died 1863; Dina Nath, Diwan of Lahore and Fin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

59. Add Or 4316

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4316
Title:
A series of hand-coloured woodcuts of 12 rulers of the Punjab and neighbouring areas, and of Sikh heroes
Scope & Content:
The same portraits as Add.Or.4315. 33 by 20 cm. Note: Both sets show the same people in the same attitudes, but the first set is from a larger block than the second.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

60. Add Or 4472

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4472
Title:
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1780-1839)
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab (reg.1780-1839), bearing sword and shield, and standing on a terrace with water and trees beyond. By a Delhi artist, c.1816-20. Water-colour; 205 by 160 mm. From the collections of James Baillie and William Fraser, and by family descent. Purchased 1989. N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1829
Extent:
1 Item

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