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LL/95065
Willoughby Wallace Hooper
1870 (ca)
[Portrait of a Nihang or an Akali]

Albumen print
19.5 × 15.4 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/16 ins)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XO.823.6.38
 
Portrait of a Sikh warrior, also known as Nihang or Akali, wearing an elaborate conical turban, adorned with chakrams or war-quoits.
 
LL/95065


 

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