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Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 1
Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 2
Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 3
Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 4
Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 5
Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s(6) image 6
Lot 135

Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars
J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s
(6)

Islamic and Indian Art
30 March 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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Six prints depicting incidents from the battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars
J. Harris, After H. Martens, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, late 1840s to early 1850s

hand-coloured aquatints, extensive inscriptions in lower borders, including passages from eyewitness accounts
580 x 795 mm. and slightly smaller(6)

Footnotes

The prints depict:

The thirty first Regiment, Sir Harry Smith's Division, advancing to the Charge at the Battle of Moodkee, on the 18th of December 1845
The Battle of Ferozshah (2nd Day), 22nd December 1845
Charge of the 16th (Queen's Own) Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal, January 28th 1846
The Thirty First Regiment, with M. Gen. Sir Harry Smiths Division, engaged at the Battle of Sobraon, February 10th 1846
Charge of the 3rd King's Own Lt. Dragoons at the Battle of Chillienwallah, 13th January 1849
The Battle of Googerat on the 21st February 1849.

The Anglo-Sikh wars were a series of conflicts between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company during the 1840s, that resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire and annexation of the Punjab. The Battles of Moodkee (18th December 1845), Ferozshah (21-22nd December 1845), Aliwal (28th January 1846) and Sobraon (10th February 1846) formed part of the First Anglo-Sikh War, whilst the Battles of Chillienwallah (13th January 1849) and Googerat (21st February 1849) formed part of the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

The First Anglo-Sikh War concluded after the Battle of Sobraon, the last of a series of battles fought in the winter of 1845-46. This resulted in the British occupying Lahore and the eastern half of the Sikh territories, and assuming effective control over the remainder, at the same time recognising Duleep Singh as heir apparent. The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) saw the defeat of the rest of the Khalsa forces at Chillianwallah and Gujerat, after which the whole of the Punjab was brought under the control of the British Crown.

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