Lal Singh Musawir
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Lal Singh Musawir, also known as Thakur Lal Singh, was a Sikh artist and photographer active in the late 19th and early 20th century.[1][2] Very little is known about his life.[3] He was a court-painter for Nabha State under Tikka Ripudaman Singh and also assisted Max Arthur MacAuliffe in his magnum opus, The Sikh Religion (1909), by drawing its illustrations.[4][1][5] A passage in the text states the following:[3]
There are also added pictures of the gurus as far as ascertainable, of famous Sikh temples, and of some scenes memorable in Sikh history. These pictures have been prepared by Bhai Lal Singh under the auspices of the Honourable Tikka (heir apparent) Ripudaman Singh, the young heir to the Nabha gadi (throne).
— Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion (1909)
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He was initially trained as a miniaturist but later delved into photography, as Nabha State showed early interest in the technology.[1][3] In 1903, he snapped photographs of Raja Hira Singh, Lord Curzon, and other British officials at the Delhi Durbar the same year.[3] One specialty of his was painted-photographs, especially of Hira Singh.[3] There remains photographs, drawings, sketches, and paintings attributable to him.[3] He operated a photographic-studio in Jalandhar Cantonment.[6]
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