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North View of the City of Lahore

Woodcut
ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This woodcut is one of 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings from Amritsar, Lahore, Bengal and Bombay. The collection is mainly composed of lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs. These works were collected by John Lockwood Kipling between 1865 and 1893. He was Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore from 1875 until his retirement in 1893. The collection was presented to the Museum by his son Rudyard Kipling in 1917.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • North View of the City of Lahore (assigned by artist)
  • View of Lahore with Ranjit Singh (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Coloured woodcut
Brief description
Woodcut, 'North View of the City of Lahore' with Ranjit Singh, Punjab, ca. 1870
Physical description
Panoramic north view of the city of Lahore with Maharaja Ranjit Singh and attendants in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Original sheet height: 23.6cm
  • Original sheet width: 55cm
  • Mount height: 34.9cm
  • Mount width: 66.2cm
  • Japan paper backing height: 26.7cm
  • Japan paper backing width: 56.9cm
Credit line
Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex
Object history
Part of an album, containing 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings together with 37 loose pages of paintings, calligraphic drawings, and outline pen drawings. The collection is mainly composed of native lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs of Upper India and Bengal. The album was collected by late J Lockwood Kipling between the years 1865 and 1893. In 1875 he became Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore and held this post until his retirement in 1893. The album was presented to the Museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling in 1917.

Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1917-2627M, R.P. 1917-2705M
Subject depicted
Summary
This woodcut is one of 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings from Amritsar, Lahore, Bengal and Bombay. The collection is mainly composed of lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs. These works were collected by John Lockwood Kipling between 1865 and 1893. He was Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore from 1875 until his retirement in 1893. The collection was presented to the Museum by his son Rudyard Kipling in 1917.
Bibliographic references
  • Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017 p. 318, 11.21
  • Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017 p. 537, cat. 115
Collection
Accession number
IM.2:87-1917

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Record createdNovember 26, 2002
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