A 19th-century Punjab painting in opaque watercolour on paper showing Guru Gobind Singh mounted on horseback with a halo, a hawk on his right hand, a hunting dog at his side, and an attendant carrying a peacock-feather fan. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number IM.2:128-1917, given by Rudyard Kipling.
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Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectGuru Gobind Singh mounted on horseback with a halo, a hawk on his right hand, a hunting dog at his side and an attendant carrying a peacock feather fan. 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Guru Gobind Singh, museum number IM.2:128-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The painting's directly named subject per the museum's own title, shown on horseback with a hawk, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's caption of him with his horse.
Source Guru Gobind Singh, museum number IM.2:128-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Additional Source Guru Gobind Singh (Wikipedia)
Originated In
Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O83489
Sources
1. Guru Gobind Singh, museum number IM.2:128-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A 19th-century Punjab painting in opaque watercolour on paper showing Guru Gobind Singh mounted on horseback with a halo, a hawk on his right hand, a hunting dog at his side, and an attendant carrying a peacock-feather fan.
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O83489
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections APIOriginated In: Punjab, placesOfOriginQuote, Originated In: Punjab, placesOfOrigin
"text": "Punjab (India)"
Guru Gobind Singh (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: Guru Gobind SinghQuote, Depicts: Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh with his horse
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