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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

231. Johnson 17,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 17,4
Title:
Ramakali Ragini. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
Ramakali Ragini. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 169 by 121 mm; page 406 by 284 mm. A penitent lover kn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

232. Johnson 17,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 17,5
Title:
Madhumadhavi Ragini. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
Madhumadhavi Ragini. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 168 by 126 mm; page 404 by 285 mm. A lady runs int...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

233. Johnson 17,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 17,6
Title:
Ahmad Khan Bangash (1743-71) with a lady
Scope & Content:
Ahmad Khan Bangash (1743-71) with a lady. Farrukhabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 46 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache with gold; oval with a painted black surround; on an album leaf with blue borders, the outer one gilt-sprinkled. 9...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

234. Johnson 18,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,1
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; mounted within the text-space of the left half of a double-page heading of a 16th century Persian manuscript, illuminated in colours and gold with blue ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

235. Johnson 18,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,2
Title:
Akbar (1556-1605) enthroned
Scope & Content:
Akbar enthroned. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with mauve outer margins. 229 by 149 mm; page 379 by 254 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Ghulam Rasul; dated year 29 (perhaps fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

236. Johnson 18,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,3
Title:
Farrukh Siyyar
Scope & Content:
Farrukh Siyyar. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and fawn borders. 215 by 120 mm; page 379 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Aziz Allah, 18th century. Farrukh Siyyar ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

237. Johnson 18,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,4
Title:
A princely youth dressed in lilac
Scope & Content:
A princely youth dressed in lilac. Mughal, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed incorrectly in Persian: ‘shabih-i khurd sal akbar padshah’ (a portrait of the emperor Akbar in youth). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and lilac borders. 153 by 69 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

238. Johnson 18,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,5
Title:
Farrukh Siyyar receiving Hussain 'Ali Khan
Scope & Content:
Farrukh Siyyar receiving Husain ‘Ali Khan (d.1720). Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘farrukh siyyar padshah ma‘a vazir husain ‘ali khan’ (the emperor Farrukh Siyyar with ‘vazir’ Husain Ali Khan); numbered 21 in Persian inventory note...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

239. Johnson 18,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,6
Title:
Shah Shuja', head and shoulders portrait
Scope & Content:
Shah Shuja‘. Mughal, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shah shuja‘‘ with a couplet: ‘kasi ra dar jahan az vai khabar nist / mara zin bish agahi digar nist’ (literally: There is not news of him to anybody in the world / To me nothing is more d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1640-1650
Extent:
1 Item

240. Johnson 18,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,7
Title:
A young prince
Scope & Content:
A young prince. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: erased inscription. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn border and uncoloured margin. 189 by 121 mm; page 372 by 247 mm. A young prince dressed in a ful...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item