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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

1261. Johnson 60,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,18
Title:
A fakir meditating
Scope & Content:
A fakir meditating. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Wash drawing; gilt-decorated blue border; mounted on paper. 98 by 68 mm; page 189 by 123 mm. A fakir sits cross-legged on a tiger-skin in meditation. He has a short crutch in his left hand, a cloth is draped ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1262. Johnson 60,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,19
Title:
An embroidered picture of fruit and blossom, European after a Chinese pattern, on an Indian album leaf
Scope & Content:
Embroidered picture of fruit and blossom. 18th century. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note on reverse. Embroidery in coloured silks on paper; cut out and laid down on paper with ruled ink margins; mounted on Indian paper. 82 by 111 mm; page 189...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1790
Extent:
1 Item

1263. Johnson 60,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,20
Title:
A girl playing the tambura
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a tambur. Murshidabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered ); inscribed: ‘qaimat yek rupiya’ (the price [is] one rupee). Gouache; mounted on paper. 142 by 77 mm; page 190 by 120 mm. A girl, facing right, sits playing a ‘t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

1264. Johnson 60,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,21
Title:
A girl holding a pot of flowers
Scope & Content:
A girl holding a pot of flowers. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 36 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; uncoloured paper border. 130 by 81 mm; page 184 by 124 mm. A girl, shown three-quarter length above a terrace wall, is holding a gold pot of flower...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1265. Johnson 60,22

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,22
Title:
A lady holding a rose. Artist(s): Kalyan Das 'Chitarman' (fl.mid 18th century)
Scope & Content:
A lady. By Kalyan Das, Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i kalyan das’ (the work of Kalyan Das); numbered 70 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse); on reverse of border: misplaced Persian inscription identifying the sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

1266. Johnson 60,23

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,23
Title:
A girl in a green cloak
Scope & Content:
A girl in a green cloak. Deccan, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; uncoloured paper border. 148 by 98 mm; page 186 by 117 mm. A girl draped in a green cloak sits facing right against an orange bolster, holding a bottle in o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

1267. Johnson 64,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,10
Title:
A Mughal officer
Scope & Content:
A Mughal officer. Mughal, c.1690-1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 224 by 138 mm; page 324 by 229 mm. Reverse: three lines of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy within three borders of floral decoration in white and colours; 18th century....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

1268. Johnson 64,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,11
Title:
Khan Duran Nasrat-i Jang. Artist(s): Hashim (fl.1640-1650) after
Scope & Content:
Khan Duran Nasrat-i Jang (d.1645). Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on right in Persian characters: ‘shabih-i khan duran bahadur nasrat-i jang’ (a likeness of Khan Duran Bahadur Nasrat-i Jang). Drawing with slight colouring on face; three borders of gilt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 Item

1269. Johnson 64,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,12
Title:
A Mughal officer
Scope & Content:
A Mughal officer. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Lightly coloured drawing; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 228 by 117 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: ‘naskhi’ calligraphy within three borders of floral decoration in white and colours; 18th century. A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

1270. Johnson 64,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,13
Title:
Prince offering a dish to Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
A prince offering a dish to Shah Jahan. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Muhammad Sadiq Khusrau’ - perhaps intended as an identification of the prince. Gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 183 by 125 mm; page 324 by 230 mm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item