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1. Johnson 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8
Title:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted, of which one is Persian. There is no apparent reason for the selection.
Scope & Content:
Total of 6 leaves separately mounted, of which one is Persian. There is no apparent reason for the selection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 8,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,2
Title:
Three ladies on a terrace
Scope & Content:
Three ladies on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold cartouche above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn’ (a picture of beauties); numbered 51 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue gilt-decorated border and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 8,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,3
Title:
Author presenting a volume to a prince
Scope & Content:
An author presenting a volume to a prince. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with lines of text at top and bottom of the miniature obliterated with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border and undeco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 8,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,1
Title:
Prince watching bathers in a tank with numerous spectators of both sexes
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece to the poems of Sa‘di. Prince watching bathers in a tank, with numerous spectators of both sexes. Shiraz style, about c.1575. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 38.5 by 23.5 cm). The miniature is set in a splendid page of early sixteenth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 8,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,6
Title:
Prince holding court and receiving gifts
Scope & Content:
A prince holding court and receiving gifts. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and gilt sprinkled borders. 224 by 134 mm; page 417 by 286 mm. Various courtiers bring a hawk, a covered dish, a volume and two cheetahs, whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 8,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,5
Title:
Idris instructing mankind in the art of weaving
Scope & Content:
Idris giving instruction to mankind in the art of weaving. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; an illustration from a manuscript with two lines of ‘nasta'liq’ text at top left corner, and two lines at bottom right corner...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 8,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,4
Title:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease, scene from the Akbar-nama
Scope & Content:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain border and modern extensions of grey paper. 306 by 185 mm; page 416 by 295 mm. Reproduced: Ashton (1950), no.672, pl.130; W.G. Archer (1960), pl....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item