Punjab School, early 19th century
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Punjab School, early 19th century

Sikh Album

已結束2007年9月27日

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GBP 12,500

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Punjab School, early 19th century
Sikh Album
an album of 'Raja & Work Man of the Punjab for Use the Passenger of England', containing 60 watercolours, captioned in ink, of scenes from Sikh life, including portraits of Rajas, buildings of the Punjab region and tradesmen, street vendors and artists, including silk makers, cloth merchants, gold and silver smiths, water sellers, dancers, acrobats, a bear wrestler and snake charmers
watercolour on paper heightened with gold
7½ x 9½in. (19 x 24.1cm.)
4° album, native red morocco, the covers blind-tooled, in modern slipcase

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The subjects of the watercolours include: 'Runjeet Singh King Lahore, Raja Khurruck Singh Son of Runjeet Singh', 'Saachet Singh, Goolab Singh King of Cashmeer', 'Grave of Runjeet Singh Lahore', 'Gooroo Dawara Amritsur', 'Shallamar Garden Lahore', 'Silk Maker', 'Wood Seller', 'Bears & Man', 'Snake Man', 'Toys Seller', 'Cotton Cleaning Man', 'Water Man', 'Gold & Silver Smith', 'Sweetmeat Maker', 'Brewery Man, Drinker', 'Native Dr & Saak [Sick] Man', 'Cashmeeree & woman making Pshmeena', 'Donkey, Sweeper and his Wife' and 'Chungur, Milk Seler'.