Painting
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
About the painting
The painting depicts a Sikh sardar receiving petitions on a terrace. He has been identified as Lehna (=Lahina) Singh Majithia by W.G. Archer, in his book Paintings of the Sikhs (HMSO, London, 1966, p. 142). Lahina Singh Majithia was a highly talented member of the court entourage of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh ruler of the Panjab (r. 1801-1839). The painting was probably done in Lahore or Amritsar, the major cities of the kingdom, between about 1835 and 1840.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- IS.43-1960
