PAINTINGS OF THE SIKHS
By W. G. Archer
Published in London in 1966
pp. xxii, 284 including colour frontispiece and 112 b&w plates on glazed paper.
With bibliography, biographical notes, glossary and index
Size: 10 x 7.5 inches
POPULAR SIKH ART
By W. H. McLeod
Published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, in 1991
pp. xi, 139 with bibliography, glossary and index
with 41 colour plates [including frontispiece] of popular or bazaar prints showing Sikh gurus, holy places and episodes from Sikh history printed on fine glazed paper pasted with glue, 1 on each page
PLUS 8 b&w plates showing 14 images of 19th-century woodcut prints of Sikh religious and historical themes.
A very fine hardback copy with fine dustjacket. No markings except a tiny library stamp + 'Discard' stamp on free endpaper. Title page and inside pages clean. No library markings, numbers or library pockets.
Size 10 x 7.5 inches
RARE
MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH AS PATRON OF THE ARTS
Edited by Mulk Raj Anand
Published by Marg, Bombay in 1981
Yellow cloth hardback with dustjacket
pp. 138 + a very large folding 'panorama' of portraits measuring 51 x 13 inches
size 13 x 10 inches
Full of colour and b&w illustrations on paintings, architecture, maps, plans and manuscripts.
There are 12 scholarly essays
SIKH PORTRAITS BY EUROPEAN ARTISTS
By F. S. Aijazuddin
Foreword by M. S. Randhawa
Hardback / No dustjacket
Published by the Sotheby Parke Burnett in UK in 1979
Original maroon cloth with gilt title on spine
size: 10 x 7.5 inches
pp. 160 + 17 colour plates and with bibliography and index
The collection of Sikh portraits formerly belonging to Princess bamba Sutherland(grand-daughter of Maharaja Ranjit Singh) provides a unique pictorial chronicle of the Sikh dynasty founded by the legendary 'Lion of the Punjab'. Drawing on material from this other sources, author describes the life and times of Ranjit Singh, his sonSher Singh, Rani Jindan and Duleep Singh.
The book covers artists who painted Sikhs - August Schoefft (who visited Lahore in 1841), Queen Victoria's court painter Winterhalter, George Beechey, Emily Eden, G. T. Vigne and Capt. Goldingham.
CONDITION: Very fine Ex-library copy with very fine dustjacket.
SOBHA SINGH ARTIST
By Kulwant Singh Khokhar
Published in Patiala in 1995 and long out of print
pp. xv, 91 + 8 colour plates [including self-portrait] + 1 illustration on cover
Fine hardback with fine dustjacket
Size: 9 x 6 inches
Biography of Sobha Singh [1901-1986], painter of Sikh religious themes.
Ex-library
THE FRENCH AND LAHORE [Les Francais et Lahore]
By Jean Marie-Lafont
Text in Englishand French
Printed and published in Lahore in 2007
pp. 168 with bibliography and index
With 203 illustrations in colour based on old engravings, maps, paintings and photographs
Printed on fine glazed paper
Size: 11.5 x 9 inches
Most of the book relates to the Sikh period, with emphasis on the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his courtiers and the French at his court.
A lovely and hard-to-find book in fine hardback with a fine dustjacket.
PUNJAB FOLK ARTS
Special issue of the Bombay journal Marg for December 1974
Profusely illustrated with chapters on the house, carpentry, pottery, weaving, embroidery, utensil making, and leatherwork.
pp. 40 + adverts
Ex-library copy with stamp on title-page only
Size 11 x 8.5 inches/ softcover
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