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040-003286718 Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

1. Johnson 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18
Title:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted depicting Mughal emperors, princes, courtiers and noblemen. The leaves are taken from different albums of which the overall size is approximately the same.
Scope & Content:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted depicting Mughal emperors, princes, courtiers and noblemen. The leaves are taken from different albums of which the overall size is approximately the same.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 18,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,9
Title:
A boy
Scope & Content:
A boy. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 152 by 86 mm; page 372 by 251 mm. A boy, facing right, stands in a field with his hands folded, dressed in a dark green...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 18,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,19
Title:
A courtier
Scope & Content:
A courtier. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pink outer margin. 187 by 109 mm; page 378 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Almas; dated AH1128/AD1716. Acourtier,facing left, stands on grassland w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 18,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,13
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 243 by 177 mm; page 375 by 253 mm. A lightly bearded Mughal nobleman rides a prancing chestnut stallion to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 18,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,14
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Deccan, c.1700-1750 Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album pege with fawn and plain borders. 180 by 105 mm; page 371 by 252 mm. A Mughal courtier wearing a white jama decorated with pink tulips st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1750
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 18,17v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,17v
Title:
A pink tulip
Scope & Content:
A pink tulip. Mughal, c.1660. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘gujari’ (referring to the recto). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-sprinkled pink border and pale yellow outer margin. 139 by 79 mm; page 376 by 254 mm. Reverse: a miniature...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1660
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 18,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,7
Title:
A young prince
Scope & Content:
A young prince. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: erased inscription. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn border and uncoloured margin. 189 by 121 mm; page 372 by 247 mm. A young prince dressed in a ful...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 18,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,16
Title:
Sayyid Muzaffar Khan
Scope & Content:
Sayyid Muzaffar Khan. Deccan, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘Sayyid Khan Jahan’; above: ‘‘amal-i chhatta’r’ muni’ (the work of Chhattar Muni); numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with coloured and marble...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 18,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,4
Title:
A princely youth dressed in lilac
Scope & Content:
A princely youth dressed in lilac. Mughal, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed incorrectly in Persian: ‘shabih-i khurd sal akbar padshah’ (a portrait of the emperor Akbar in youth). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and lilac borders. 153 by 69 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 18,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,10
Title:
'Ali Adil Shah II (1656-72)
Scope & Content:
‘Ali ‘Adil Shah II of Bijapur (1656-72). Bijapur, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 9 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 116 by 98 mm; page 372 by 252 mm. ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah II of Bijapur, facing half left...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item