Maker, image, print and collection
Portraits, photographs and dates
Follow seven guides from court portraits to photographs and postcards, keeping the stages of production and later collection events distinct.
7 entries · 14 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Identify the particular image record, preserve qualified attribution and distinguish a sitting, exposure, later reproduction, album and acquisition.
- 01Collections · 2 min read
Sikh court portraits: dating and attribution
A drawing, a published print and a later album watercolour show why the sitter’s lifetime, an inscription and an object’s production date need separate checks.
- 02Collections · 2 min read
Portraits of Ranjit Singh: comparing sources
Compare an equestrian portrait, an Eden print and a museum record with conflicting medium fields while keeping each object’s date and collecting trail.
- 03Collections · 2 min read
Portraits of Jind Kaur: provenance guide
Separate the painting’s production and exhibition dates from an online reproduction and a later display credit; those records leave gaps in the ownership history.
- 04Collections · 2 min read
Photographs of Duleep Singh: archive guide
Compare three Duleep Singh photograph records through exposure dates, later printing, studio attribution and documented acquisition and custody histories.
- 05Collections · 2 min read
Early photographs of Lahore: dating guide
Read three early Lahore photograph records through date ranges, negative numbers, mounted dimensions and a royal tour album’s separate presentation history.
- 06Collections · 2 min read
Early photographs of Amritsar: dating guide
Compare Golden Temple photograph records with an album finding aid, preserving approximate dates, qualified makers, mount sizes and unidentified photographers.
- 07Collections · 2 min read
Punjab postcards: source criticism guide
Read Punjab postcards through three catalogue examples, keeping printing ranges, assembled sheets, colour descriptions and unknown makers in their proper scope.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?