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040-003286761 Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

1. Johnson 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22
Title:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. There is no uniformity of subject matter. Many of the leaves have similar floral diaper borders, with a blind panel enclosed by borders of coloured paper on the reverse.
Scope & Content:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. There is no uniformity of subject matter. Included are portraits, pictures of yogis and holy men, a European engraving (2) and a sheet of floral designs (1). Many of the leaves have similar floral diaper borders, with a blind panel ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 22,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,10
Title:
A standing lady
Scope & Content:
A lady. Rajasthan, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border enclosing six ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ poem written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; outer margin of trellis flower-head pattern in gold. 132 by 76 mm; page...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1640-1650
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 22,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,12
Title:
Yogis sleeping
Scope & Content:
Yogis sleeping. Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas‘ud, sunnah 130’ (the work of Masud, year 130 - perhaps intended as AH1013/AD1604-1605 or AH1030/AD1620-21); on reverse: ‘jalsah-i fuqara-i jalali’ (gathering of illustrious ascetics...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 22,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,1
Title:
A sheet of floral designs
Scope & Content:
A sheet of floral designs. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on paper; backing-paper added. 250 by 206 mm; page 345 by 225 mm. A sheet of designs for floral motifs as used for border designs on album pages, or on the lacquered bindings of ‘...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 22,11a

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11a
Title:
A lady of European demeanour
Scope & Content:
A lady of European demeanour. 122 by 65 mm. The lady is seated on a throne-like chair with a bolster for a footstool. She gives a sign of Christian blessing to a baby who holds a book as he kneels beside the chair. A cat pilfering from one of the dishes is in the foreground; garden and lands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 22,11c

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11c
Title:
A girl with a mirror
Scope & Content:
A girl with a mirror. 93 by 65 mm. A girl holding up a thumb-ring mirror on her left hand is walking by a blossoming shrub.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 22,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,4
Title:
Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan
Scope & Content:
Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan (d.1694). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Buzurg Umed Khan’; numbered 19 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘nawab buzurg umed’ ‘khan, ‘amal-i fath chand’ (Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan, the work of Fath Chand), n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 22,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,7
Title:
A youth reading to a poet
Scope & Content:
A youth reading to a poet. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘padshah akbar’ (the emperor Akbar), which may have referred to an adjacent picture in the original album. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf; two ‘misra‘‘ in ‘nasta‘liq’...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 22,11b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11b
Title:
A girl seated on a chair
Scope & Content:
A girl. 122 by 65 mm. The girl is seated on a chair with a bolster and a tasseled fringe, holding up a pink flower to sniff the scent.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 22,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,14
Title:
Brotherhood of Kanphat yogis
Scope & Content:
A brotherhood of kanphat yogis. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i jogiha’ (picture of yogis). Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with a ‘misra‘‘ of verse in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy above and below the drawing; inne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item