An emperor. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner gold-decorated.blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 161 by 87 mm; page 415 by 290 mm. An emperor, probably der...
Radha and Krishna. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Shiva ram’ (an inaccurate identification of Krishna as Siva and Rama). 200 by 119 mm, 201 by 126 mm and 202 by 122 mm; page 231 by 367 mm. (a) Radha is seated in a chamber with Krishna who paints on her a ‘tika’; (b) Radha is seated in a chamber...
A musician. Mughal, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 53 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; probably a fragment of a larger picture, set on a field of painted floral decoration executed at Lucknow, c.1780; on an album page with gold-decorated blue borde...
Radha with confidantes. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Ram’ (an inaccurate identification of Krishna as Rama). 208 by 117 mm, 206 by 121 mm and 206 by 123 mm; page 223 by 363 mm. (a) Radha looks in a mirror and sees the reflection of Krishna who watches her from a window; (b) Radha is seated on a ter...
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 20 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 243 by 194 mm; page 428 by 292 mm. A noblema...
Radha and Krishna with confidantes. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Ram’ and ‘Kishan’ (an inaccurate identification of Radha as Rama). 211 by 122 mm, 211 by 110 mm and 212 by 134 mm; page 223 by 366 mm. (a) Radha and Krishna embrace on a bed, and a confidante stands by: (b) a confidante talks to Radha...
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 260 by 199 mm; page 410 by 291 mm. A nobleman...
Radha and Krishna. 193 by 117 mm, 202 by 116 mm and 205 by 123 mm; page 225 by 370 mm. (a) Radha is seated in a chamber with a maid who waves a ‘morchal’; a messenger talks with Krishna in the chamber beneath; (b) Krishna is on a bed in an upper chamber; a maid talks to Radha in the chamber be...
A nobleman on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 57 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 102 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. A nobleman, faci...
A Hindu nobleman. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 58 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the carpet and green background are Lucknow additions, c.1780; on an album page with floral and blue borders, and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 128 by 70 m...