Four kanphat yogis in a landscape. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on rock in foreground in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas’ud, sunnah 103’ (the work of Mas’ud, year 103 - meaning AH1003/AD1594-95); on reverse: ‘tasvir-i kanphatha’ (a picture of ‘kanphats).’ T...
Tinted drawing: a young prince visiting a hermit in a rocky cave. Two of the prince's attendants are seated in the foreground, a jug and basin between them. This may be the same hand as Nushirwan and the owls (J.27, 12). Khurasan style: c.1575. 14.5 by 6.5 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminat...
Reverse: a lotus tank is surrounded by parterres of flowers, with eight formalised turtles swimming in the water with Harivallabha’s verses written on their bodies: the Persian identification is written on an enlarged lotus flower in the centre .
Reverse: a lotus pond in which stand eight tigers inscribed with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses; the Persian identification is on a large white lotus in the centre.
Reverse: a formalised landscape, with black buck and sheep inscribed with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses; the Persian identification is on a central rock.
Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
'Seran Rajas Palace'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 1 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
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'Seran Rajas Palace'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 1 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820.. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
'Assemblage of Ghoorkas'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 13 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
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'Assemblage of Ghoorkas'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 13 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820.. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
