A framed group of nine miniatures on ivory depicting Sikh notables, including Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Rani Jindan Kaur and Maharajah Duleep Singh as a boy, formerly the property of Colonel Frederick Aikman, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Punjab, mid-19th Century
gouache on ivory, ovals, nine paintings mounted in a wood frame, each painting with carved numbers below; together with a 19th Century key to the figures on a separate sheet of paper, dated 1847, with the printed coat of arms of Hugh Henry Robert Aikman (his brother) on an attached separate sheet of paper and inscribed at bottom Fredk R. Aikman, 3rd Sikh Cavalry
each painting 55 x 43 mm.; wood frame 45 x 40 cm.; key 364 x 225 mm.(2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Formerly the property of Colonel Frederick Aikman (1828-1888), 3rd Sikh Cavalry, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Mutiny, or Rebellion, of 1857-58. The bookplate of his brother, Hugh Henry Robert Aikman is attached to the key to the portraits.

The figures depicted are as follows:
Rani Jindan Kaur, 'Queen of Lahore'.
Maharajah Duleep Singh.
Chattar Singh Atariwala.
Maharajah Ranjit Singh, 'King of Punjaub'.
Amir Dost Mohamed Khan, Afghan ruler.
Maharajah Sher Singh.
Mulraj, Governor of Multan.
Maharajah Ghulab Singh, 'King of Cashmere'.
Ram Singh, 'Sikh Chief'.

The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no. 85U5FMR3
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