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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

51. Johnson 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28
Title:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted of which 18 are Persian. The Persian items are mostly from a single album, probably of Bukhara origin, which could have found its way to the Deccan.
Scope & Content:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted of which 18 are Persian. The Persian items are mostly from a single album, probably of Bukhara origin, which could have found its way to the Deccan. The two Indian pictures are not apparently included in the album on any logical basis.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

52. Johnson 2,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,9
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse); inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir 30’ (the price of this picture of an amir is 30). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with broad outer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

53. Johnson 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 29
Title:
Album of calligraphic specimens
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. The 1830 catalogue gave a total of 20 leaves of which 19 are now extant. The missing leaf (4) is described in the 1830 catalogue as 'taken out'. All the leaves have specimens of Persian calligraphy, and in most cases clearly derive from the same albums as the Persian it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1500-1790
Extent:
1 Item

54. Johnson 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30
Title:
Total of 34 leaves separately mounted. All are ragamala illustrations with the exception of no.10; they are mostly on album leaves of uniform size and design and were clearly bound up as an album at one time.
Scope & Content:
Total of 34 leaves separately mounted. All are ‘ragamala’ illustrations with the exception of no.10 (misinterpreted as a ‘ragamala’ subject in the 1830 catalogue). Although the pictures originate from different ‘ragamala’ series, they are mostly on album leaves of uniform size and design and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

55. Johnson 3,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,1
Title:
Dil Pasand, Dara Shikoh's horse. Artist(s): Manohar (fl.c.1630)
Scope & Content:
Dil Pasand, Dara Shikoh’s horse. By Manohar, Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian: ‘shabih-i dil pasand, ‘amal-i manohar’ (a likeness of Dil Pasand [Heart’s Love], the work of Manohar); beneath horse in red: ‘shabih-i asb-i savar-i dara shikoh’ (a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

56. Johnson 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 31
Title:
Preserved as an album. Total of 32 charbas which have been mounted on album leaves in patterns of 6 in accordance with the ragamala subjects that they illustrate. The mounting was probably done by Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. Total of 32 ‘charbas’ which have been mounted on album leaves in patterns of 6 in accordance with the ‘ragamala’ subjects that they illustrate. The mounting was probably done by Johnson. To complete the ‘ragamala’ there should have been another 4 pictures, but these wer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

57. Johnson 3,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,2
Title:
Jahangir hunting lions
Scope & Content:
Jahangir hunting lions. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charba’; mounted by the Library on paper watermarked 1818. 210 by 160 mm; page 385 by 280 mm. The emperor Jahangir is being attacked by a wounded lion which springs into the howdah of his elephant. The em...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

58. Johnson 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 32
Title:
Preserved as an album. Total of 36 ragamaia illustrations closely related to those of Album 31 and mounted in the same manner but with greater care, relating more closely to the style of mounting of the ragamala pictures of Album 66.
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. Total of 36 ‘ragamaia’ illustrations closely related to those of Album 31 and mounted in the same manner but with greater care, relating more closely to the style of mounting of the ‘ragamala’ pictures of Album 66. Rebound in modern red leather, probably in 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

59. Johnson 3,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,3
Title:
Elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) attributed to
Scope & Content:
An elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note (inscription partly erased). Gouache with gold; gold and silver borders. 173 by 253 mm; page 250 by 378 mm. The elepha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

60. Johnson 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33
Title:
Total of 34 ragamala illustrations separately mounted of which 8 pictures were later provided to make up an incomplete series.
Scope & Content:
Total of 34 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted of which 8 pictures were later provided to make up an incomplete series.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item