THE AMRITSAR MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE

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ID 727161
Lot 98 | THE AMRITSAR MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE
THE AMRITSAR MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE

BISHAN SINGH (1836 – CIRCA 1900), PROBABLY AMRITSAR, NORTH INDIA, 1920 VS/1863-64 AD

Gouache highlighted with gold on paper, attribution and date in nasta’liq below, with a later English caption beneath

19 x 30 3⁄8in. (48.2 x 77.3cm.)







Literature

W.G. Archer, Paintings of the Sikhs, London 1966, pp. 59-61, 92.

B. H. Baden-Powell, Handbook of the Manufactures and Arts of the Punjab, Vol I, Lahore 1872, p.354.





Exhibited

Punjab Exhibition of Arts and Industry, Lahore, 1864





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