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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

431. Johnson 35,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,4
Title:
Kalyan Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kalyan Ragini. A female ascetic sits on a buck-skin outside a hut playing a ‘vina.’ She is visited by a prince who sits with his bow and arrow beside him; a gold trumpet, axe, pot and bowl are on the ground. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘rag kalyan’ and the time of day appropriate; (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

432. Johnson 35,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,5
Title:
Desakari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Desakari Ragini. A lady is seated on a garden terrace with a mirror before her, a maid standing behind her combing her hair. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘devkari’; (2) Hindi: ‘megh malhar ki ragini devakari’; (3) Hindi ‘doha’ and ‘kabita’ by Harivallabha naming the subject as ‘desaka...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

433. Johnson 35,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,6
Title:
Bhupali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bhupali Ragini. Lovers stand on a terrace at night. The man holds the girl’s hand and offers her betel nut. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘Bhupali’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘Bhupali’; (3) Hindi: ‘megh malhar ki ragini bhopali’; (4) Hindi ‘doha’ and ‘kabita’ by Har...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

434. Johnson 35,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,7
Title:
Gujari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gujari Ragini. A girl walks in a landscape by a lily pond with a brass water-pot on her head looking behind her. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘gujari’; (2) Persian: ‘gujari’; (3) Hindi: ‘raga megh malhar ki ragini gujari’; (4) Hindi ‘doha’ and’ kabita’ (7 lines); (5) Persian descripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

435. Johnson 35,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,8
Title:
Nata Ragini
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. A battle scene where a mounted prince wounds a foot-soldier having already slain another. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Urdu:’ nat’ and the time of day in Persian; (2) Urdu: ‘nat’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag nat’; (4) Sanskrit verse (3 lines); (5) Hindi ‘doha’ and ‘kabita by’ Harivallabha (6 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

436. Johnson 35,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,9
Title:
Kanada Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kanada Ragini. A courtier acclaims a prince who stands at a doorway holding a sword and a severed tusk. A slain elephant lies on the terrace in the foreground. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘kanra’; (2) Persian: ‘kanra’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag dipak ki ragini kanhra 2’; (4) Sanskrit verse (2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

437. Johnson 36,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,1
Title:
Bhupali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bhupali Ragini. The ‘nayika’ stands on a terrace at night holding a flower in one hand, attended by seven girls who carry covered dishes and other objects; a bed-chamber is on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

438. Johnson 36,1-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,1-36
Title:
J.36,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection ...
Scope & Content:
J.36,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Each picture inscribed on reverse with verses of Harivallabha’s Hindi translation of the ‘Sangita-darpana.’ Gouache with g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1759-1761
Extent:
72 items

439. Johnson 36,1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,1v
Title:
Tree with red adavats
Scope & Content:
Reverse: eight red adavats are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies, the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

440. Johnson 36,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,2
Title:
Tanka Ragini
Scope & Content:
Tanka Ragini. A prince arrives on a terrace to meet his lady who sits on a lotus-petal bed beneath an awning, with her girls in attendance; one of the girls has taken care of the prince’s dagger.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item