This ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ธ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐, used in various series of early 20th century postcards, and appearing in publications such as The Illustrated War News (Feb. 17, 1915, p. 18), an original copy of which is included with the present lot. A lithograph version of the drawing is also in the Archives dรฉpartementales du Pas-de-Calais (Coll. No. 3 Fl 608).
Harnam Singh was killed in action on the 24th November, just seventeen days after this portrait was completed. He is commemorated at the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, Pas de Calais, along with nearly five thousand other Indian soldiers with no known graves.
He was imortalised in A Poem For Harnam Singh by General Sir James Wilcox, Commander of the Indian Corps in France.
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐๐,
๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก,
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ;
๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ,
๐
๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ,
๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐.
๐
๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ก
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐,
๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ'๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ,
๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ,
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ข ! ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ
๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง
๐๐ง ๐
๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ
๐๐จ ๐
๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐
'๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐.'
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