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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

571. Johnson 48,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,5
Title:
Vamana avatar ( the dwarf )
Scope & Content:
Vamana avatar (the Dwarf). 223 by 151 mm; page 333 by 248 mm. Visnu in his dwarf form completes the strides which carry him to the upper region where four figures pour the Ganges from water-pots. One of four wrestlers clings to Visnu’s foot, but the other three have fallen beneath. Bali watc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

572. Johnson 48,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,6
Title:
Parasurama avatar ( Rama with the axe )
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). Inscribed above in nagari:’ parasurama’; on reverse: five lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 222 by 151 mm. Rama uses his axe in battle with the thousand-armed Kartavirya.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

573. Johnson 48,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,7
Title:
Rama avatar
Scope & Content:
Rama avatar. Inscribed above in nagari:’ Rama.’ 220 by 153 mm; page 333 by 248 mm. Hanuman stands before Rama who is sitting on a hillock with Sita and Lakshmana.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

574. Johnson 48,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,8
Title:
Krishna avatar
Scope & Content:
Krishna avatar. Inscribed above in nagari:’ krishna’; on reverse: three lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing with some gouache and gold. 223 by 152 mm. Krishna killing Kansa; he has dragged the king forward by the hair ready to strike him with an elephant tusk; Balarama stands by a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

575. Johnson 48,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,9
Title:
Buddha avatar
Scope & Content:
Buddha avatar. Inscribed above in nagari:’ buddha’; on reverse: six lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 224 by 142 mm. The Buddha shown as a bearded ascetic standing knee-deep in a pond, holds a document from which he is teaching four bearded disciples.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

576. Johnson 50,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,1
Title:
Bhairavi Ragini. Artist(s): Fath Chand (fl.c.1750-60)
Scope & Content:
Bhairavi Ragini. By Fath Chand, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai fath chand’ (the work of Rai Fath Chand); numbered 12 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘bhairavi.’ Gouache with gold; oval with blue spandrels decorat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

577. Johnson 50,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,2
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. Mughal (provincial, perhaps Rajasthan), c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; yellow panel at top; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue and plain borders. 143 by 102 mm; page 244 by 172 mm. A blue-skinned woman wearing an orange bodi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

578. Johnson 50,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,3
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 76 in Persian inventory note; identifying the subject as ‘Devgandhar.’ Gouache with gold. 243 by 168 mm. An ascetic sits on a leopard-skin outside a hut while a disciple plays the ‘sarangi’ to a buck a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

579. Johnson 50,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,4
Title:
Two women conversing
Scope & Content:
Two women conversing. Hyderabad, c.1740-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian with a couplet in which a beautiful woman is likened to the moon; priced in ‘raqam.’ Gouache with gold; border of green-stencilled paper. 215 by 150 mm; page 273 by 195 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1740-1750
Extent:
1 Item

580. Johnson 5,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,10
Title:
The gods in the Himalayas (marriage of Siva and Parvati?). Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
A ceremony at the foot of the Himalayas. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed on the picture with identifications in nagari characters:’ himalaya parvata’ (Himalaya mountains), ‘mahadeva brahma vishnu parvati himalaya mena.’ Drawing with water-colour on paper. 445 by 590 mm. Mahadeva (Siva) i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item