A locust in a landscape. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; mounted above a study of a butterfly, on an album page; gold and gilt-sprinkled borders. 115 by 88 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. Seal of E.I.C. Library. Reproduced: Welch (1976), no.12; Losty and Leach...
A Mughal nobleman out hawking. Mughal, c.1660. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 25 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir’ ... (the price of this picture ... ). Gouache; inner blue border with gold floral arabesques, outer orange border ...
A prince hawking. Golconda, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner border of gold arabesques and blue margin flecked with gold. 296 by 220 mm; page 400 by 285 mm. Reproduced: W.G. Archer (...
An assembly of animals and birds. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman) - this inscription is unreliable; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note. Gouache; inner border of g...
A nilgai. Mughal, c.1625. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 19 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; the clouds are a later addition; inner border of gilt flowers, outer border sprinkled with gold on a plain ground. 143 by 86 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. A blue bull stands fac...
A hunting cheetah on a bullock-cart. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; inner gilt floral border, outer border giltsprinkled on a plain ground. 73 by 118 mm; page 415 by 2...
A cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (written twice); inscribed beneath: ‘‘amal-i ram’ (?) ‘das’ (the work of Ram Das). Lightly coloured drawing; on both sides are gilt floral inner borders with plain outer bo...
Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap
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Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Layla wa Majnun’ of Nizami: Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap. Tabriz style, mid sixteenth century. 10 by 11cm (page 40.5 by 28 cm). The miniature has been somewhat trimmed down from its original size and there is very slight...