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Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 45,10
Title:: Girls and a sadhu
Scope & Content:: Girls and a ‘sadhu’. 62 by 132 mm. Two girls receive a ‘sadhu’ in a landscape; the girl seated on the left is dressed in a leaf skirt.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1782
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 45,12
Title:: A girl and an ascetic
Scope & Content:: A girl and ascetic. 62 by 134 mm. A girl offers food to a wandering ascetic, a man is seated in a pavilion on the right.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1782
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 45,18
Title:: Saivite devotee
Scope & Content:: A Shaivite devotee. 72 by 91 mm. A Shaivite devotee approaches a woman and child by a pond where a man worships a lingam shrine.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1782
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 45,26
Title:: A king and a sadhu
Scope & Content:: A king and a ‘sadhu’. 85 by 156 mm. A king receives a ‘sadhu’ in a courtyard; four musicians play on the right.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1782
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 54,42
Title:: The holy man and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:: The holy man and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 231 by 125 mm; page 302 by 193 mm. A holy man is seated on a terrace with a woman; a servant approaches with a dish. From the story of the holy man who prays for the mouse, dropped at his feet by a kite, to b...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 58,12
Title:: Six named Muslim divines seated in discussion
Scope & Content:: Muslim divines. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian with names as below; numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Unfinished drawing with slight colouring in places; backed with Whatman paper watermarked 1808; paper extensions at sides. 248 by 148...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1700
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 60,10
Title:: Mulla Shah
Scope & Content:: Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache; modern card border. 182 by 88 mm; page 204 by 109 mm. The mulla, his full beard turning grey, stands facing right holding his hands behind his back...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1650
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 60,18
Title:: A fakir meditating
Scope & Content:: A fakir meditating. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Wash drawing; gilt-decorated blue border; mounted on paper. 98 by 68 mm; page 189 by 123 mm. A fakir sits cross-legged on a tiger-skin in meditation. He has a short crutch in his left hand, a cloth is draped ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1770-1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 64,41
Title:: A prince visiting a holy man
Scope & Content:: A prince visiting a holy man. Provincial Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; plain and tinted paper borders. 223 by 130 mm; page 314 by 228 mm. Reverse: four lines of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy with decoration and blue-t...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1640
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F191/332(138)
Title:: Yogi. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a recluse.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1926
Extent:: 1 item

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