Ranjit Singh

Misschien lijkt het imago dat de tentoonstelling oproept wel erg
stereotype (veel aandacht op wapens en geweld) maar het bewijs
dat hiervoor op de tentoonstelling wordt aangedragen is overweldigend.

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Phula Singh Nihang, general of the Akali fanatic Sikhs, Lahore, Punjab, about 1827 – 1843, gouache on paper.

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Attributed to the family workshop of Abdullah, An Akali-Nihang Sikh couple, Punjab Plains, about 1830 – 1840, gouache heightened with gold on paper. De volgende afbeelding is hier een detail van:

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William Willoughby Hooper and George Western, Nihang bodyguard serving in the Nizam of Hyderabad’s irregular Sikh army, Hyderabad, about 1865, albumen print.

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De tentoonstelling stelt geen vragen bij het werk van William Willoughby Hooper.
Dat wordt op Wikipedia wel gedaan.
Maar de vragen die er gesteld worden hebben geen betrekking, lijkt me,
op deze foto.
Wat de rol van George Western bij deze foto is, blijft me onduidelijk.
Misschien brengt de catalogus hierover duidelijkheid
maar daar kan ik nu niet bij.

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Unkown armourer, Sword of Sadhu Singh Sodhi, Punjab, 19th century, steel and gold.


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Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown arourer, Personal dagger of Colonel James Skinner, North-India, late 18th century or early 19th century, steel, gold, black and white jade, turquoise, wood and velvet.

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Wat een vreemde positie voor een foto kun je denken, maar dit was de enige manier die ik kon bedenken om de foto te maken zonder schittering van het glas waaronder dit voorwerp lag. Unknown craftsman, Quiver and arrows presented by a Sikh chief to William Fraser, Punjab, early 19th century, leather, steel, gilt-silver thread, glass beads, munj grass shafts and polychrome.

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Unknown armourer, Shield bearing portraits of figures at the Lahore Durbar and hunting scenes, Punjab, probably 1850 – 1870, watered steel, iron, gold and paste.

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