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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

1091. Johnson 42,35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 42,35
Title:
Gujari Ragini. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782)
Scope & Content:
Gujari Ragini. A lady is seated on a bed of lotus petals in a landscape under a tree, playing the vina while waterbirds stand near her. By Gobind Singh. 218 by 135 mm. Note: Described in the Persian inscription as ‘Dakhani’ ‘Gujari Ragini.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1092. Johnson 42,36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 42,36
Title:
Tanka Ragini. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782)
Scope & Content:
Tanka Ragini. A disconsolate lady is seated on a ‘chauki,’ attended by two maids who attempt to console her; two others stand in a pavilion where a bed is spread with lotus petals. By Gobind Singh. 222 by 133 mm. Note: Described in the Persian inscription as ‘Takari’ ‘Ragini.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1093. Johnson 43,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,10
Title:
Todi Ragini
Scope & Content:
Todi Ragini. A lady stands in a landscape holding a flower-wand, attracting deer which run towards her. Original number missing. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXIVa; Bussagli (1969), pl.69.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1094. Johnson 43,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,11
Title:
Desakhya Ragini
Scope & Content:
Desakhya Ragini. Two male wrestlers are engaged in combat, one of darker complexion than the others. A drummer is on the left. Original number: ‘16’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1095. Johnson 43,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,12
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. A wasted male ascetic is seated on a tiger-skin in a landscape with a lotus pool in the foreground, a pair of deer seated by him. Original number: ‘17’. Note: The iconography appears to have become confused with that of Majnun in the wilderness with his animals.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1096. Johnson 43,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,13
Title:
Madhumadhavi Ragini
Scope & Content:
Madhumadhavi Ragini. A lady extends her hand towards a peacock perched on the wall as she crosses a courtyard towards a bed-chamber. Clouds are gathering in the sky. Original number: ‘18’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1097. Johnson 43,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,14
Title:
Dipaka Raga
Scope & Content:
Dipaka Raga. A couple is seated in a pavilion drinking wine, the lady apparently staying the hand of the man who holds the wine-cup. Original number: ‘19’. Inscriptions on reverse list the ‘raginis’ of’ Dipaka Raga’ as:’ Dhanasri, Kanara, Desi, Vasanta’ and ‘Varati.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1098. Johnson 43,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,15
Title:
Dhanasri Ragini
Scope & Content:
Dhanasri Ragini. A lady is seated under a canopy on a green hillside writing a letter to her lover. An attendant stands and encourages her. Original number: ‘20’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1099. Johnson 43,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,16
Title:
Vasanta Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vasanta Ragini. The figure of Vasanta dances on a green slope with two trees growing above him, holding a brass pot and a flower-spray. Two women musicians on either side play ‘ghana’ and a drum. Original number: ‘21’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

1100. Johnson 43,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,17
Title:
Kanada Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kanada Ragini. A princely warrior rides upon an elephant caparisoned with bells, while a ‘sais’ runs ahead holding a banner. Original number: ‘22’. Entitled ‘Kanara’ in the inscriptions. Reproduced: Ebeling (1973), 169, fig.41.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item