A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a legend recounting a Muslim sultan's encounter with the low-born devotee whose songs are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under accession IM.2:146-1917.
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Classification
Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Physical Form
MediumWoodcut, Lahore or Amritsar, about 1870, Victoria and Albert Museum IM.2:146-1917 1 Medium (class) Connections
Associated With
This source names Amritsar directly: "A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a..."
Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Lahore, Cities This source names Lahore directly: "A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a..."
Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Marathi directly: "ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a legend recounting a Muslim sultan's encounter with the low-born devotee whose songs are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib."
Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The V&A's own cataloguing sentence for this woodcut names the subject outright as the figure the ruler visits, "Namdev," a direct narrative identification rather than a bare tag.
Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Originated In
Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O79116
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1. Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museum- accession IM.2:146-1917
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a legend recounting a Muslim sultan's encounter with the low-born devotee whose songs are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib.
View the Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O79116
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections APIOriginated In: Punjab, placesOfOriginQuote, Originated In: Punjab, placesOfOrigin
"text": "Lahore"
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