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1. Johnson 7,4

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Johnson 7,4
Title:
Sufi dervishes exercising in a garden
Scope & Content:
Sufi dervishes exercising in a garden. Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with colour and gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 210 by 106 mm; page 415 by 298 mm. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 22,6

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Johnson 22,6
Title:
A young ruler holding court in a garden
Scope & Content:
A young ruler holding court in a garden. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i ‘ali ‘adil shah-i kalan badshah-i bijapur’ (portrait of ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah the great emperor of Bijapur) - this inscription probably referred to an adj...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 63,6

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Johnson 63,6
Title:
A colonial garden with gardeners at a well
Scope & Content:
Irrigation; in the foreground gardeners at a well, in the background a Palladian house beside a tank and palm trees. Inscribed: ‘The machine (called a Pekota) by which the natives on’ ‘the Coast of Choromandel draw water from rivers or wells to water rice fields or Gardens’;’ in’ German: ‘Art u...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1787
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 66,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,6
Title:
A princess with her attendants in a garden
Scope & Content:
A princess with her attendants. Farrukhabad, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and plain borders sprinkled with gold. Reverse: a ‘ragamala’ series. 284 by 197 mm; page 557 by 373 mm. Listed: ‘Journal of Art and Industry,’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 28,10

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Johnson 28,10
Title:
A couple seated by a stream in a garden
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: a couple seated on mats by a stream in a garden. Some rubbing, and the lady's face completely gone. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 15.5 by 8 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame, and margins of scrollwork with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 28,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,11
Title:
Young prince and attendants drinking in a garden pavilion. Artist(s): Muhammadi, style of (c.1590-1600)
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing (or lightly coloured miniature) of a young prince and attendants drinking in a garden pavilion. A fine drawing: possibly a late work of Muhammadi; the turbans are characteristic of the beginning of the reign of Shah ‘Abbas. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 20 by 13 cm (pag...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1580-1600
Extent:
1 Item

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