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7 BOOKS ON PUNJAB PAINTING AND

ARTS

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.

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

Rs 1,00,000-Rs 1,20,000

$1,540-$1,850