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Sikhана20/C7на21/B10 for Further Sikh Painting on Ivory, See 03589 (IS) Sikh ­ 20/C7­ 21/B10 For further Sikh painting on ivory, see 03589 (IS) to 03608 (IS), fiche 56/G6­57/A11, and IS 142­1952 to IS 167­1954, fiche 57/E9­G10, in the Company Painting Other media: Painting on ivory section. 03534/1 (IS) ­ 20/C8 Sikh lancer in chain­mail on horseback Punjab Plains, c1840­1845 03534/2 (IS) ­ 20/C9 Sikh horseman Punjab Plains, c1840­1845 03534/3 (IS) ­ 20/C10 Sikh warrior with breast­plate on horseback Punjab Plains, c1840­1845 03534/4 (IS) ­ 20/C11 Sikh warrior in chain­mail on horseback Punjab Plains, c1840­1845 IM 2:33­1917 ­ 20/C12 Guru Nanak with followers and attendants Popular Sikh, Lahore or Amritsar, c1870 IM 2:51­1917 ­ 20/D1 Sikh Railway train Popular Sikh, Lahore or Amritsar, c1870 IM 56­1936 ­ 20/D2 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) Punjab Plains, c1840 IM 57­1936 ­ 20/D3 Maharajah Kharak Singh (1802­1840) Punjab Plains, c1840 IM 58­1936 ­ 20/D4 Nau Nihal Singh (1821­1840) Punjab Plains, c1840 IM 59­1936 ­ 20/D5 Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) on horseback Punjab Plains, c1840 IM 60­1936 ­ 20/D6 Hira Singh (c1816­1844) Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 37­1949 ­ 20/D7 Maharaja Gulab Singh (1792­1857) of Jammu taking his bath prior to doing worship Punjab Plains, c1835 IS 479­1950 ­ 20/D8 Two Sikhs on horseback Punjab Plains, c1835 IS 480­1950 ­ 20/D9 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) on horseback Punjab Plains, c1835­1840 IS 487­1950 ­ 20/D10 Two gentry Punjab Plains, c1840­1850 IS 488­1950 ­ 20/D11 Two Sikh cultivators Sikh, 19 th century IS 489­1950 ­ 20/D12 Two Sikh Akalis Punjab Plains, c1840­1850 IS 189­1951 ­ 20/E1 A Hill prince seated Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 190­1951 ­ 20/E2 A Hill prince smoking Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 192­1951 ­ 20/E3 Prince in Sikh costume seated on a chair Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 193­1951 ­ 20/E4 A Hill prince smoking, attended by a group in Sikh dress Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 194­1951 ­ 20/E5 Maharaja Gulab Singh (1792­1857) of Jammu and Kashmir Lahore, c1846 IS 338­1951 ­ 20/E6 Kharak Singh (1802­1840) Punjab Plains, c1835­1840 IS 98­1953 ­ 20/E7 Party of young Sikhs hunting boar Partly tinted brush drawing Sikh, c1800 IS 111­1953 ­ 20/E8 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) on horseback Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 112­1953 ­ 20/E9 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) on horseback Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 113­1953 ­ 20/E10 Maharaja Kharak Singh (1802­1840) on horseback Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 114­1953 ­ 20/E11 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) seated with Hira Singh (c1816­1844) Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 115­1953 ­ 20/E12 Raja Hira Singh (c1816­1844) Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 116­1953 ­ 20/F1 Raja Nau Nihal Singh (1821­1840) in a chair with Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 117­1953 ­ 20/F2 Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) Punjab Plains, c1838­1840 IS 118­1953 ­ 20/F3 Miran Shah Mirza Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 119­1953 ­ 20/F4 Sultan Muhammad Mirza of Samarkand Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 120­1953 ­ 20/F5 Sultan Abu Sa’id Mirza of Kurasan Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 121­1953 ­ 20/F6 Umar Shaikh Mirza of Farghana Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 122­1953 ­ 20/F7 The Emperor Humayun Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 123­1953 ­ 20/F8 The Emperor Jahangir Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 124­1953 ­ 20/F9 The Emperor Shah Jahan Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 125­1953 ­ 20/F10 The Emperor Aurangzeb Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 126­1953 ­ 20/F11 Prince ‘Azam Shah Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 127­1953 ­ 20/F12 The Emperor Bahadur Shah Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 128­1953 ­ 20/G1 The Emperor Farrukhsiyar Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 129­1953 ­ 20/G2 The puppet Emperor Rafi­ud Darjat Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 130­1953 ­ 20/G3 The puppet Emperor Rafi­ud Daula Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 131­1953 ­ 20/G4 The Emperor Muhammad Shah Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 132­1953 ­ 20/G5 The Emperor Ahmad Shah Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 133­1953 ­ 20/G6 The Emperor Alamgir II Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 134­1953 ­ 20/G7 The Emperor Aurangzeb Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 135­1953 ­ 20/G8 Abul­Hasan Qutb Shah of Golconda Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 136­1953 ­ 20/G9 The Emperor Nadir Shah of Iran Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 137­1953 ­ 20/G10 Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar of Iran Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 138­1953 ­ 20/G11 Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 139­1953 ­ 20/G12 The Emperor Akbar II Sikh (with Guler influence), c1840 IS 171­1953 ­ 21/A1 Ajit Singh Sandhawalia (?­1843) seated with a companion Punjab Plains, c1835­1840 IS 172­1953 ­ 21/A2 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 174­1953 ­ 21/A3 Dina Nath seated holding a petition and facing right Punjab Plains, c1840­1845 IS 185­1953 ­ 21/A4 Krishna playing the flute to Radha Sikh School, c1840 IS 264­1953 ­ 21/A5 Raja Suchet Singh (1801­1844) seated with Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 193­1955 ­ 21/A6 A youth with attendant Punjab Plains, c1832­1835 IS 201­1955 ­ 21/A7 A seated groom with saddled horse Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 282­1955 ­ 21/A8 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780­1839) on horseback with armed escort Punjab Plains, c1835­1840 IS 13­1956 ­ 21/A9 Maharaja Gulab Singh (1792­1857) of Jammu and Kashmir seated with his third, surviving son, Ranbir Singh (?­1885) Lahore, c1846­1847 IS 9­1957 ­ 21/A10 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 10­1957 ­ 21/A11 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 11­1957 ­ 21/A12 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 12­1957 ­ 21/B1 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 13­1957 ­ 21/B2 Sikh sardar c1835­1845 IS 14­1957 ­ 21/B3 Brahmin (?) Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 15­1957 ­ 21/B4 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 16­1957 ­ 21/B5 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 17­1957 ­ 21/B6 Sikh sardar Punjab Plains, c1835­1845 IS 43­1960 ­ 21/B7 Sikh sardar, perhaps Lehna Singh Majithia, receiving petitions Punjab Plains, c1840 IS 92­1960 ­ 21/B8 Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) Punjab Plains, c1835­1840 IS 124­1960 ­ 21/B9 Raja Dhian Singh (1796­1843) on a hawking expedition Punjab Plains, c1830­1835 IS 115­1986 ­ 21/B10 Three seated Sikh sardars Ink and gouache on paper Sikh, late 18 th or early 19 th century.
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