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Guru Gobind Singh, museum number IM.2:128-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Victoria and Albert Museum collection record, read 2026-08-18

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The Victoria and Albert Museum's own collection record for a 19th-century Punjab painting, opaque watercolour on paper, titled "Guru Gobind Singh." Museum number IM.2:128-1917, given by Rudyard Kipling of Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. The painting shows the Guru mounted on horseback with a halo, holding a hawk on his right hand, accompanied by a hunting dog and an attendant carrying a peacock-feather fan.

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The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its origin, date, materials and museum number, its own title directly naming Guru Gobind Singh.
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Publisher
Victoria and Albert Museum
URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83489/
Source Type
Museum
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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