Painting
ca. 1840 - ca. 1850 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, two Akalis are depicted against a pink sky and green meadow, wearing only blue turbans, shorts and scarves. They wield blue clubs and have swords at their waists and steel bangles on their right wrists. Steel quoits are in their turbans. In the foreground is a patch of water.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, two Sikh Akalis, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Plain, ca. 1840-1850 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, two Akalis are depicted against a pink sky and green meadow, wearing only blue turbans, shorts and scarves. They wield blue clubs and have swords at their waists and steel bangles on their right wrists. Steel quoits are in their turbans. In the foreground is a patch of water. |
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| Content description | Two Akalis are depicted against a pink sky and green meadow, wearing only blue turbans, shorts and scarves. They wield blue clubs and have swords at their waists and steel bangles on their right wrists. Steel quoits are in their turbans. In the foreground is a patch of water. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Akaliyan amritsar (Persian inscription on the reverse. There is also a pencil inscription in English: Akali Sikh.)
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| Object history | IS.477 to 489-1950 were purchased for £5 in 1950. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966
cat. 30 (i0), p. 155-6 and fig. 78. |
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| Accession number | IS.489-1950 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2002 |
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