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Maharaja Ranjit Singh in a bazaarfront

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh in a bazaar

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  • Description

    Maharaja Ranjit Singh (r.1801-1839), the charismatic Sikh leader, rides an elephant through a Lahore bazaar. In the foreground Hindu ascetics converse with a yellow-clad Akali Sikh and a Jain monk wearing a mouth-cloth to protect any insects from harm. Behind, craftsmen fashion gold and silver thread, while a father and sons admire kites and balls of twine in a kite-seller’s shop. This scene of bazaar life may have been painted for a French officer at the Sikh court.

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    Associated place
    Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Punjab plains › Lahore (place of creation)
    Date
    1840 - 1845
    Associated people
    Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab (ruled 1801 - 1839) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 28.1 x 31.4 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 16.7 x 20.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.110

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 77 on p. 180, p. 18, illus. p. 181

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