India – Sikh Lahore Durbar. A Rare Set of British Company School Portraits of the Sikh Lahore Durbar c 1850. A fine set of 19 Miniature paintings of members of the Lahore durbar, 1850-1860.These types of portrait miniatures would have been painted for the British East India Company. They were also used for reference by British Authors reproducing them in engravings and lithographs in publications. The portraits would have been painted shortly after the annexation of Punjab in 1849. The set comes with an old label identifying the sitters in English, the Ranjit Singh portrait appears to be missing. Some of the sitters include Maharaja Sher singh, Maharajah Duleep Singh, Queen Jinda (mother of Duleep Singh), Heera Singh. Lall Singh, Goolab Singh, Khurruck Singh (eldest son of Ranjit Singh), Dost Muhammad Khan of Afghanistan (enemy of Ranjit Singh), Akali Phoola Singh ( the head priest of the Akalee Sect) and many more. The portraits are only of the Lahore Court of the Sikh Empire. Approx. 6cm by 5cm each. Wrapped in old Christmas wrapping paper, it reads to Peggey, along with a handwritten note in English naming the sitters. Miniatures has some paint loss, otherwise remaining portraits are in very good condition.