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Add Or 1389
- Record Id:
- 040-003271244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271201
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000678
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100168444169.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1389
- Title:
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Maharaja Kharak Singh (reg. 1839) with Chet Singh
- Scope & Content:
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Kharak Singh seated with Chet Singh standing before him.
Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Maharajah Kharak Singh. Chait Singh’; in English: ‘Maha Raja Kurruk Singh son and Successor of Runjeet Singh. Poisoned. Cheit Singh his attendant murdered in the presence of his master.’
Note: Kharak Singh (1802-40) was the son of Ranjit Singh and succeeded as Maharaja in June 1839. He was deposed by Nau Nihal Singh in October 1839 and died November 1840. Chet Singh was his Chief Minister and was murdered in October 1839. The English inscription must have been made after November 1840.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271201
040-003271244 - Is part of:
- Add Or 1347-1396 : Add.Or.1347-1396 50 drawings bound into a volume; 31 depicting people of the Punjab and neighbouring areas, 11 depicting…
Add Or 1389 : Maharaja Kharak Singh (reg. 1839) with Chet Singh - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271201[0043]/040-003271244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 1347-1396
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100168444169.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Punjab style
- Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- 1838-1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)