Twelve heros of the Sikhs

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Lahore (made) Amritsar (made)

Twelve heros of the Sikhs. Inscribed in English: first row, 'Maharaja Sher Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh late King of Punjab, Maharaja Dulip Singh, son of Ma Ra Ranjit Singh'; second row, 'Raja Dhian Singh, Prime Minister, Gulab Singh of Jummoo and Kashmir, Jindan (late Queen)'; third row, 'Chutter Singh Attariwala, Sher Singh Attariwala, Raja Dina Nath'; fourth row, 'Mulraj Governor Multan, Dost Muhamad ruler of Kabul, Pula Singh of Amritsar.'

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Categories	Prints SCRAN Sikhism
Object type	Woodcut
Title	Twelve heros of the Sikhs (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Coloured woodcut on paper Ink Print
Brief description	Sikh woodcut; Twelve heros of the Sikhs, Lahore, ca. 1870.
Physical description	Twelve heros of the Sikhs. Inscribed in English: first row, 'Maharaja Sher Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh late King of Punjab, Maharaja Dulip Singh, son of Ma Ra Ranjit Singh'; second row, 'Raja Dhian Singh, Prime Minister, Gulab Singh of Jummoo and Kashmir, Jindan (late Queen)'; third row, 'Chutter Singh Attariwala, Sher Singh Attariwala, Raja Dina Nath'; fourth row, 'Mulraj Governor Multan, Dost Muhamad ruler of Kabul, Pula Singh of Amritsar.'
Style	Popular Sikh
Credit line	Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex
Object history	This group contains 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.
Subjects depicted	Sikhism Heroes
Bibliographic references	McLeod, W.H. 'Popular Sikh Art.' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991. fig.4. Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017 p. 316, fig. 11.18
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.2:119-1917

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Record created	November 26, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70818/twelve-heros-of-the-sikhs-woodcut-unknown/

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