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Collection Area Visual Arts Container Reference (shelfmark) Johnson 50

1. Johnson 50,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,1
Title:
Bhairavi Ragini. Artist(s): Fath Chand (fl.c.1750-60)
Scope & Content:
Bhairavi Ragini. By Fath Chand, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai fath chand’ (the work of Rai Fath Chand); numbered 12 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘bhairavi.’ Gouache with gold; oval with blue spandrels decorat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 50,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,2
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. Mughal (provincial, perhaps Rajasthan), c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; yellow panel at top; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue and plain borders. 143 by 102 mm; page 244 by 172 mm. A blue-skinned woman wearing an orange bodi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 50,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,3
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 76 in Persian inventory note; identifying the subject as ‘Devgandhar.’ Gouache with gold. 243 by 168 mm. An ascetic sits on a leopard-skin outside a hut while a disciple plays the ‘sarangi’ to a buck a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 50,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,4
Title:
Two women conversing
Scope & Content:
Two women conversing. Hyderabad, c.1740-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian with a couplet in which a beautiful woman is likened to the moon; priced in ‘raqam.’ Gouache with gold; border of green-stencilled paper. 215 by 150 mm; page 273 by 195 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1740-1750
Extent:
1 Item

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