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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Johnson Collection

1. Johnson 1

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Johnson 1
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Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common factor although a high proportion are of a divine or mystical nature.
Scope & Content:
Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common factor although a high proportion are of a divine or mystical nature. Other subjects include the captive Sultan Bayazid I of Turkey (2), and the well-known picture of squirrels in a plane tree (30). The album lea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 2

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Johnson 2
Title:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted. All male portraiture, although a few pictures contain several figures around a central character, eg no.12, where Babur greets courtiers at the Id festival.
Scope & Content:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted. All male portraiture, although a few pictures contain several figures around a central character, ‘e.g.’ no.12, where Babur greets courtiers at the Id festival. The leaves are of fairly uniform size, but the style of decoration of the borders varies.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 3

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Johnson 3
Title:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain animals, some being equestrian portraits, others hunting scenes. The design of the leaves is not uniform.
Scope & Content:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain animals, some being equestrian portraits, others hunting scenes. The design of the leaves is not uniform.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 4

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Johnson 4
Title:
Total of 28 leaves separately mounted. . All male portraiture, although some are composite scenes, and one (5) has a female portrait on the reverse. 20 are of uniform design and apparently derive from a single album (7 and 9-27).
Scope & Content:
Total of 28 leaves separately mounted. . All male portraiture, although some are composite scenes, and one (5) has a female portrait on the reverse. 20 are of uniform design and apparently derive from a single album (7 and 9-27).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 5

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Johnson 5
Title:
The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially Sital Das, and were apparently prepared to Johnson's order.
Scope & Content:
The 1830 catalogue gives a total of 24 leaves of which only 23 are now extant. The missing item (1) was described as 'An account of the Taj Mahal in Persian' and was presumably a group of illustrations or diagrams with explanatory text. The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 6

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Johnson 6
Title:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. The subjects have been selected for their religious content, which often shows Christian influence and European inspiration.
Scope & Content:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. The subjects have been selected for their religious content, which often shows Christian influence and European inspiration. Some are of specifically Christian subjects, others are of holy men or divines. 11 of the leaves derive fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 7

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Johnson 7
Title:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted. Most of the subjects are dervishes and mullas, but no.1 is a view of the Agra fort. The leaves are not uniform.
Scope & Content:
Total of 13 leaves separately mounted. Most of the subjects are dervishes and mullas, but no.1 is a view of the Agra fort. The leaves are not uniform.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 8

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Johnson 8
Title:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted, of which one is Persian. There is no apparent reason for the selection.
Scope & Content:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted, of which one is Persian. There is no apparent reason for the selection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 9

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Johnson 9
Title:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted. Mostly female portraiture or scenes with ladies. Many of the leaves come from a single album distinguished by a plain outer margin with a single gold rule.
Scope & Content:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted. Mostly female portraiture or scenes with ladies. Many of the leaves come from a single album distinguished by a plain outer margin with a single gold rule.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 10

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Johnson 10
Title:
Total of 10 leaves separately mounted. All are of uniform size and design and must have come originally from the same album. The subjects depicted are various with a certain emphasis on ladies.
Scope & Content:
Total of 10 leaves separately mounted. All are of uniform size and design and must have come originally from the same album. The subjects depicted are various with a certain emphasis on ladies.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item