Lot 297
SIKH MINIATURE PAINTING OF SHERE SINGH
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 29 September 2010 at 11:00 BST
£338
Description
gouche on paper, inscribed on bottom margin
Dimensions
18.5cm x 11.5cm
Footnote
Note:
Shere Singh was the son of Chattar Singh. He was the governor of Peshawar and later a member of the Council of Regency at the Lahore Durbar. He was a general in the army of Maharajah Duleep Singh and fought in the Second Anglo Sikh War and surrendered his forces at the Battle of Goojerat in 1849.