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Add Or 3172
- Record Id:
- 032-003263882
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263882
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00014b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3172
- Title:
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Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45)
- Scope & Content:
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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 court in 1836 and 1837.
Inscribed on label from original mount: ‘Native Rajah of Patiala.’
Gouache with gold; green and red borders with gold floral patterns.
327 by 257 mm; page 357 by 287 mm.
Reproduced: Srivastava (1973).
The raja, fully armoured, is riding on a chestnut horse through a landscape with a boad river and mountains. He holds a lance and has a radiant yellow halo.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Vigne Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263882", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 3172: Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263882
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263882
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Punjab style
- Start Date:
- 1834
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- c 1835
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 553
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Karam Singh, Raja of Patiala, 1813-1845
- Subjects:
- Portraits
Sikhs
ethnic and religious groups