Portrait of Ranjit Singh, maharaja of Punjab, first Sikh emperor of Lahore, 1780-1839. In gold turban and robe, with ropes of pearls and jewels, armed with scimitar in red scabbard. Runjeet Sing, Prince Indien. Adapted from an illustration by Alexander Burnes, Travels in Bokhara. Handcoloured stipple engraving on steel by Choubard after an illustration by Leopold Massard from Collection de portraits et costumes des differens peuples qui habitent les cinq parties du monde, Armand-Aubree, Paris, 1837.

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