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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

521. Johnson 43,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,2
Title:
Bhairavi Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bhairavi Ragini. A lady kneels at a lingam shrine playing cymbals; her attendant stands on the left with a dish of white flowers to decorate the lingam. Original number: ‘3’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

522. Johnson 43,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,3
Title:
Patamanjari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Patamanjari Ragini. A lady is seated in a pavilion listening to the consolatory pleas of her confidante who kneels before her. Original number: ‘5’. Entitled ‘Patamanjani’ in the inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

523. Johnson 43,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,4
Title:
Lalita Ragini
Scope & Content:
Lalita Ragini. The lady lies on a bed, looking back at her lover who stands at the foot of the bed. The sky is moonlit. Original number: ‘6’. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXIVb; Bussagli (1969), pl.69.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

524. Johnson 43,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,5
Title:
Malkos Raga
Scope & Content:
Malkos Raga. The couple is seated on a green mat in a courtyard beside a verandah; the man offers the lady a cup of wine. Original number: ‘7’. Inscriptions on reverse list the ‘raginis’ of’ Malkos Raga’ as: ‘Gauri, Khambhavati, Ramakali, Kalyana’ and ‘Gunakari.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

525. Johnson 43,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,6
Title:
Khambhavati Ragini
Scope & Content:
Khambhavati Ragini. A lady kneels before Brahma who sits on a blue mat beneath a canopy, a fire burning beside him. Original number: ‘9.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

526. Johnson 43,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,7
Title:
Malasri Ragini
Scope & Content:
Malasri Ragini. A lady kneels beside a lotus pool outside a bed-chamber, plucking the petals from a lotus flower. Original number: ‘4.’ Reproduced: ‘Rupam,’ no.20, January 1927, 33; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LIV, fig.D (incorrectly identified as Johnson Album 37, no.12).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

527. Johnson 43,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,8
Title:
Ramakali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Ramakali Ragini. The lover kneels before his lady who turns her head away from his pleas. A confidante stands on the left reasoning with the lady. Original number missing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

528. Johnson 43,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,9
Title:
Vilavali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vilavali Ragini. A lady is seated in a pavilion adjusting her earring before a mirror held for her by a maid. Original number: ‘14’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

529. Johnson 44,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44,1
Title:
Bhairava Raga
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava is seated on a terrace embracing his consort, with female musicians playing in a pavilion on the right. Note: The red inscription of identification is missing, but this ‘raga’ is identified in the inscriptions of its dependent ‘raginis’ as’ Bhairon Raga.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

530. Johnson 44,1-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44,1-42
Title:
J.44,1-42 Forty-two paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to a special system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780 ...
Scope & Content:
J.44,1-42 Forty-two paintings comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to a special system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with identification and descriptions in Persian. Drawings with some water-colour;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
42 items