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WD3116
- Record Id:
- 040-003283014
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283007
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x003471
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3116
- Title:
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Head and shoulders portrait of Sher Singh wearing a blue coat and green plumed turban. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863)
- Scope & Content:
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Head and shoulders portrait of Sher Singh wearing a blue coat and green plumed turban.
Inscribed: ‘Shere Singh. Eldest adopted son of Runjeet Singh and present Maharajah of the Panjab etc.’ ‘Nov. 11th. Camp at Akora 1836. Drawn by author’.
Water-colour; 27.2 by 19.8 cm.
Note: Original drawing for ‘Travels’, I, frontis. Sher Singh (1807-1843), Governor of Kangra State 1830-1; succeeded Nau Nihal Singh as Maharaja in January 1841; murdered 1843. Part of the inscription was clearly made when the drawing was prepared for publication.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Vigne Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283007
040-003283014 - Is part of:
- WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119 : VIGNE, GODFREY THOMAS (1801-1863) Born Walthamstow. Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 1824. Amateur artist…
WD3116 : Head and shoulders portrait of Sher Singh wearing a blue coat and green plumed turban. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003283007[0007]/040-003283014
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- 1836
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sher Singh, Maharaja of thePunjab, b 1807
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas, 1801-1863 - Subjects:
- Portraits
Sikhs
ethnic and religious groups