Ranjit Singh

Over een boek gesproken…..

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Text by Colonel James Skinner, copied by Muhammad Bakhsh, illustrated by unknown Company School artists, Tazkirat al-umara (Biographies of the Nobles), Lahore, Punjab or Delhi, dated 13 Muharram AH 1252 – 29 april 1836 CE, ink, pencil and gouache heightened with gold on paper and board.

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Unknown artist, The cremation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh with four queens – Rani Mehtab Devi, Rani Har Devi, Rani Raj Devi and Rani Rajno Devi – and seven maidservants, Kangra or Lahore, about 1840, gouache heightened with gold on paper.

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Attributed to Kehar Singh, Shahzada (zoon van een Shah) Sher Singh, Lahore, about 1835 – 1838, watercolour heightened with gold on paper.

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August Schoefft, Maharaja Sher Singh on his father’s golden throne, Lahore, Punjab or Delhi, about 1841 – 1842, oil on panel.

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Ranjit Singh

Misschien dat de eerste foto een beetje als een vlag op een modderschuit
werkt maar het aantal boeken op de tentoonstelling was beperkt.
Als er dan een boek is, al was het niet echt om te lezen,
dan krijgt het toch een plaats in een bericht.

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Central Committee of Lahore (volgens mij niet een politiek orgaan maar de vereniging van zijdefabrikanten), Samples of silk fabrics, Lahore, Punjab, about 1862, sik, leather, paper, board and ink.

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Hafiz Muhammad Multani, Golden throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore, Punjab, 1820 – 1830, wood, resin, gold, velvet and wool.

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De achterzijde van de troon.


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Attributed to Kehar Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh with his favourite Raja Hira Singh attending as a cup bearer, Lahore, Punjab, about 1835 – 1838, watercolour and ink heightened with gold on paper.

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Shearwood & Co, Copy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Golden throne, commissioned by Lord Dalhousie (die van Dalhousie Square in Kolkata), Kolkata, about 1853 – 1854, mahogany, velvet and wool.

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