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Photo 72
- Record Id:
- 032-003044908
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003044908
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000d4d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 72
- Title:
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Photographs of Paintings of scenes from the lives of the Sikh Gurus. Photographer(s): Singh, Lahora
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of loose prints mounted on card (some with decorative printed borders), all except prints 19–20 painted and photographed by B. Lahora Singh of Lahore. Each print has a descriptive letterpress caption pasted on the reverse of the mount, evidently taken from a trade catalogue and with the price of prints listed. The last two prints (which are two copies of the same picture) were prepared by the Trinity Trading Company from a painting by J. D. Varma.
The paintings show significant episodes from the lives of the Sikh gurus (the majority of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion), including: a scene at the cradle of Guru Nanak; Guru Nanak as a child, playing with other children; Guru Nanak at school; a serpent protecting Guru Nanak from the heat of the sun; a painting showing how Guru Nanak spent money given to him to invest on feeding fakirs; Guru Nanak being chastised by his father for spending the money on fakirs; Guru Nanak squeezing blood from bread and butter; Guru Nanak settling his account at the storehouse; Guru Nanak working as a storekeeper to the Nawab of Sultanpur; a physician feeling the pulse of Guru Naik; Guru Naik returning home with his wife; the marriage procession of Guru Naik; Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, on horseback; the birth of Guru Nanak; group of the first ten Sikh Gurus; portrait of Guru Nanak; the Pandvas on the battlefield.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003044908
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003044908
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 1907-1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 100 mm x 140 mm to 155 mm x 210 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Provenance unknown. Prints received into India Office Library at various dates between 1909 and 1914.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known