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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

11. Johnson 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11
Title:
Total of 22 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain girls or ladies, some being single portraits. Many of the leaves come from a single album with simple floral diaper borders and related floral diaper decoration on the reverse.
Scope & Content:
Total of 22 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain girls or ladies, some being single portraits. Many of the leaves come from a single album with simple floral diaper borders and related floral diaper decoration on the reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

12. Johnson 1,1a

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,1a
Title:
Christ with angels.
Scope & Content:
Christ with angels. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘varaq’ ...’ 2’ (page ... 2). Brush drawing with some gold; mounted with another drawing on an album leaf with three borders of gilt floral decoration ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

13. Johnson 1,1b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,1b
Title:
Hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing mounted with one other. 127 by 58 mm; page 485 by 330 mm. The hermit kneels outside his cave, his arms raised, a stream issuing from a lion-headed rock beside him. The figure of a prophet s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

14. Johnson 1,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,2
Title:
The Ottoman Sultan Bayazid in a cage at Timur's court
Scope & Content:
The capture of Sultan Bayazid I of Turkey. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 9 in Persian inventory note; numbered in ‘siyaq’ on reverse. Gouache; on an album leaf with gold floral and gilt-sprinkled borders. 393 by 238 mm; page 480 by 331 mm. The Sultan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

15. Johnson 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12
Title:
Total of 5 leaves separately mounted. All the scenes contain ladies, but there is no other apparent motive for selection. The leaves are not uniform.
Scope & Content:
Total of 5 leaves separately mounted. All the scenes contain ladies, but there is no other apparent motive for selection. The leaves are not uniform.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

16. Johnson 1,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,3
Title:
Babur (1526-30) sitting on a throne receiving a prince
Scope & Content:
The Mughal emperor Babur (1526-30). Deccan (perhaps Aurangabad), c.1650-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in English: ‘Baber Padshah’; at bottom in Persian: ‘Babur Padshah’; numbered 65 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with two ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1680
Extent:
1 Item

17. Johnson 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13
Title:
Total of 15 leaves separately mounted of which 3 are Persian. The Indian pictures are almost all of female subjects, many of them on leaves from a single album with calligraphy on the reverse in each case.
Scope & Content:
Total of 15 leaves separately mounted of which 3 are Persian. The Indian pictures are almost all of female subjects, many of them on leaves from a single album with calligraphy on the reverse in each case.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

18. Johnson 1,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,4
Title:
Jahangir (1605-27, bust portrait)
Scope & Content:
Jahangir. Mughal, c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i jahangir padshah’ (a portrait of the emperor Jahangir); below: ‘jahangir padshah.’ Gouache with gold; on an album page with two gilt-decorated and outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

19. Johnson 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14
Title:
Total of 12 leaves separately mounted of which one is a page of calligraphy (12). The subjects are broadly of religious content, mostly Christian. The leaves are from various albums of several designs.
Scope & Content:
Total of 12 leaves separately mounted of which one is a page of calligraphy (12). The subjects are broadly of religious content, mostly Christian. The leaves are from various albums of several designs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

20. Johnson 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15
Title:
Total of 10 leaves separately mounted. The subjects all involve girls and ladies. Many of the pages are from a single album, probably of Lucknow origin.
Scope & Content:
Total of 10 leaves separately mounted. The subjects all involve girls and ladies. Many of the pages are from a single album, probably of Lucknow origin.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item