File:'Khazan Singh' by Rudolf Swoboda, ca.1886–88.jpg

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'Khazan Singh' by Rudolf Swoboda, ca.1886–88

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English: 'Khazan Singh' by Rudolf Swoboda, ca.1886–88. Khazan Singh (1887), chief of a village in Firozpur district. One of 40 portraits by Rudolf Swoboda of people from South Asia painted at the request of Queen Victoria

RCIN_403769

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Rudolf Swoboda (1859-1914)

Khazan Singh 1886-88

Oil on panel

—  29.6 x 18.9 x 0.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) , in:  RCIN 403769

Durbar Corridor, Osborne House

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This is one of over 40 portraits of people from South Asia painted at the request of Queen Victoria. Khazan Singh, aged about 60 at the time of the creation of this portrait, was the village chief of a village in the Firozpur District, in the Punjab region on the Indo-Pakistan border. Singh also appears to have been the model (or this portrait was used as the basis for) another painting by Swoboda in the Royal Collection, Â Peep at the Train (RCIN 403759) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1892.

Rudolph Swoboda sailed for India on 7 October 1886. Queen Victoria paid for his passage and gave him £300 to cover his travelling expenses. In return he was to provide the Queen with sketches worth £300. The Queen gave Swoboda specific instructions: ‘The Sketches Her Majesty wishes to have – are of the various types of the different nationalities. They should consist of heads of the same size as those already done for The Queen, and also small full lengths, as well as sketches of landscapes, buildings, and other scenes. Her Majesty does not want any large pictures done at first, but thinks that perhaps you could bring away material for making them should they eventually be wished for.’ When Sir Howard Elphinstone, a contemporary, saw some of the sketches in 1888 he observed: ‘They are very clever indeed, most characteristic of the different types, & drawn with wonderful vigour’. When Queen Victoria received them she was very pleased and thought them ‘such lovely heads… beautiful things’.

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Painted for Queen Victoria People involved Creator(s) Rudolf Swoboda (1859-1914) (artist) Acquirer(s) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) Subject(s) Khazan Singh Physical properties Medium and techniques

Oil on panel oil paint, wood panel, hardwood sketch Measurements

29.6 x 18.9 x 0.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) Groupings Category Paintings Object type(s) visual works paintings Subject(s) Social sciences Ethnology Costume & National dress Costume-Asia Costume-India Science, Medicine and Technology Industries, Crafts and Trades Clothing Headgear Turbans References Other number(s) OMV : Millar, O., 1992. The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 2 vols, Cambridge – OMV 696 Alternative title(s)

Khazan Singh, aged about 60, a Sikh cultivator and village headman from the Ferozpur District, Punjab
Date ca.1886–88
Source [1]
Author Rudolf Swoboda

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