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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

1181. Johnson 51,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,10
Title:
Siva outside a cave, with Parvati and Nandi. Artist(s): Mohan Singh (fl.c.1780-82)
Scope & Content:
Siva. By Mohan Singh, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mohan singh’ (the work of Mohan Singh); above: ‘tasvir-i mahadev ma‘ah parvati’ (a picture of Mahadev and Parvati). Drawing on paper with undecorated border. 230 by 143 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

1182. Johnson 51,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,11
Title:
Siva on Kailasa with Parvati and Nandi
Scope & Content:
Siva. Bengal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; orange border. 176 by 141 mm; page 259 by 202 mm. Siva sits on a tiger-skin on Mount Kailasa with the river Ganges issuing from his head. Parvati and Nandi sit with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1183. Johnson 51,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,12
Title:
The goddess Dharmavati seated on a crow in a burning ground
Scope & Content:
A manifestation of Durga as Dharmavati. Numbered 9 in Persian inventory note; identified on reverse: ‘Dharmvati.’ Durga, in Dharmavati aspect, holds a pair of scissors and is seated on a crow which confronts a male figure or corpse. The scene is set in a burning ground haunted by crows and ja...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1184. Johnson 51,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,13
Title:
Devi enthroned, with album border samples
Scope & Content:
The Devi enthroned. Bengal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; borders with panels of various decorations in gold and colours. 184 by 137 mm; page 305 by 207 mm. The Devi is enthroned and worshipped by a single devotee. She has a gold halo and four arms...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1185. Johnson 51,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,14
Title:
The goddess Bhairavi
Scope & Content:
The goddess Bhairavi. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note; identified on reverse: ‘Bhairavi.’ The goddess with reddish complexion, is diademed and enthroned on a lotus seat, a gold crescent moon is in her green halo and she holds in two of her four hands a garland and a scroll. A necklace o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1186. Johnson 51,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,15
Title:
The goddess Pitambari
Scope & Content:
The goddess Pitambari. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note; identified on reverse: ‘Pitambari.’ The goddess is enthroned on a lotus and diademed with a crescent moon in her green halo and a third eye in her forehead. Her four hands hold a noose, club, wand with a six-point star ‘(sri yantra)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1187. Johnson 51,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,16
Title:
The goddess Matangi
Scope & Content:
The goddess Matangi. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; identified on reverse: ‘Matangi.’ The goddess sits on a hexagonal stool playing a gold ‘vina.’ A parrot is on a perch before her and a lotus pool is in the foreground. She is dressed in orange with a crown and gold halo, and demonstr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1188. Johnson 51,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,17
Title:
Kamadeva. Artist(s): Ghulam Reza (fl.1780-1782) style of
Scope & Content:
Kamadeva. Style of Ghulam Reza, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Coloured drawing with gold. 270 by 225 mm. Kamadeva is seated on a plinth by a tree, holding a bow strung with a line of black bees, and the arrows with flowery shafts. A girl and her companion kn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

1189. Johnson 51,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,18
Title:
Fifteen manifestations of the Devi
Scope & Content:
Fifteen manifestations of the Devi. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 86 in Persian inventory note; on a slip of paper on reverse. Coloured drawings with gold; on a single sheet of paper. Page 187 by 295 mm. (left to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1190. Johnson 51,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,19
Title:
Fifteen manifestations of the Devi
Scope & Content:
Fifteen manifestations of the Devi. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 78 in Persian inventory note on a slip of paper on reverse. Coloured drawings with gold; on a single sheet of paper. Page 191 by 304 mm. (left to r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item