Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Alfred de D reux, Randjiit Sing Baadour – Roi de Lahore (Ranjit Singh the brave king of Lahore), commissioned by General Ventura, Parijs, about 1837, oil on canvas.

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Rattan Singh, Rani Mahtab Kaur, Lahore, Punjab or Delhi, about 1810 – 1830, gouache heightened with gold on ivory.

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Imam Bakhsh Lahori, Raja Lal Singh wearing a cuirass emblazoned with a golden crest, Lahore, Punjab, about 1845 – 1846, gouache, watercolour and pencil heightened with gold on paper.

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Unknown photographer, Raja Lal Singh in exile, probably Dehradun (stad in India), about 1855 – 1860, albumen print laid on card.

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Ranjit Singh

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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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