Painting
ca. 1840 - ca. 1845 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper. The warrior is seated on a white stallion with an orange saddle cloth trimmed with gold. Both horse and rider face to the right of the picture. He carries a green lance in his right hand, at his waist a blue quiver with arrows and a bow, a dagger on his left side. The figures are set against a green hillside with a stream, a blue sky and framed with a red border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Sikh lancer in mail armour on horseback, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Plains, ca. 1840-1845 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper. The warrior is seated on a white stallion with an orange saddle cloth trimmed with gold. Both horse and rider face to the right of the picture. He carries a green lance in his right hand, at his waist a blue quiver with arrows and a bow, a dagger on his left side. The figures are set against a green hillside with a stream, a blue sky and framed with a red border. |
| Content description | Man on a horse facing to the right of the picture. Green sword, blue sky, red border. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Paintings of the Sikhs / W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1966
p. 153, cat. no. 29, fig. 72. |
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| Accession number | 03534:1/(IS) |
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| Record created | July 16, 2003 |
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