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Guru Gobind Singh hunting

Woodcut
ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The inscription along the top reads: 'This picture shows the Guru Sahib, Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj, hunting in the jungle'


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGuru Gobind Singh hunting (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Coloured woodcut on paper
Brief description
Sikh woodcut; Guru Gobind Singh hunting, Amritsar, ca. 1875.
Physical description
The inscription along the top reads: 'This picture shows the Guru Sahib, Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj, hunting in the jungle'
Style
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
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
McLeod, W.H. 'Popular Sikh Art.' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991. fig.8.
Collection
Accession number
IM.2:21-1917

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Record createdNovember 26, 2002
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