Shah Jahan. Murshidabad, c.1820. Formerly Album 69, no.19; purchased 12 December 1919. Inscribed at top of mount in Persian: ‘shah jahan padshan’ (the emperor Shah Jahan); on reverse in ‘pencil’: Shah Jehan. No.5. Gouache with gold; red borders and uncoloured margin. 197 by 122 mm; page 28...
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Inscribed: ‘No.6. Shah Jehan. Sixth Padshah reigned Thirty two Years’; in red ink: ‘Shah Jehan reigned 1627-1658’; in Persian characters: ‘Shahjahan shashum badshah ta si du sal salanat namudand.’
Shah Jahan in durbar. Mughal, c.1650. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i shah Jahan’ (a picture of Shah Jahan). Gouache with gold. 305 by 220 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 33. Listed: Foster (1906), no.66; Foster (1924), no.71. Shah Jahan,...
Shah Jahan, standing nimbate looking right with sword over shoulder. Inscription: ‘Padshah of Burhanpur.’. 142 by 85 mm. Note: An odd description, but Shah Jahan was for many years based at Burhanpur for the Mughal conquest of Golconda and Bijapur.
Shah Jahan standing on a terrace. Outline drawing on reverse. Inscribed on reverse of drawing: B 'Seha Jehan 6th Mogul' and numbered 'IV' and again 'VI'
Shah Jahan, head and shoulders in an oval (1628-58)
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Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i hazrat-i shah Jahan’ (a picture of his majesty Shah Jahan). Gouache with gold; oval with narrow gold border; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve ...
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below: ‘The Emperor Shah Jehan’; in Persian: ‘shah jahan padshah’ (the emperor Shah Jahan); numbered 10 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘tasvir-i shah jahan’ (a picture of Shah Jahan). Gouache...
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; mounted within the text-space of the left half of a double-page heading of a 16th century Persian manuscript, illuminated in colours and gold with blue ...
Shah Jahan with his sons. Deccan, c.1680-1700 (after a Mughal original). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; sky unfinished; modern card border. 308 by 203 mm; page 365 by 255 mm. Shah Jahan is enthroned on a gold chair receiving a falcon for inspection from Dara...