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Woodcut

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lahore (made)
Amritsar (made)

View of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

Object details

Categories
Architecture
Sikhism
Object type
Woodcut
Materials and techniques
Woodcut on paper
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Print
Brief description
Sikh woodcut; View of the Golden Temple at Amritsar; Lahore or Amritsar, ca.1870.
Physical description
View of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
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
Production
Popular Sikh
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, W.G. 'Paintings of the Sikhs.' London:Victoria and Albert Museum, 1966. 191p.
  • Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017 p. 318, fig. 11.22
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.2:50-1917

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Record createdNovember 22, 2002
Record URL
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