A youth reading to a poet. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘padshah akbar’ (the emperor Akbar), which may have referred to an adjacent picture in the original album. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf; two ‘misra‘‘ in ‘nasta‘liq’...
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
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Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, ...
A discussion between learned men before a portico. Artist(s): Muhammadi (fl.c.1575)
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Tinted drawing: a learned discussion between six men in front of portico. Attribution to Muhammadi. Khurasan style: c.1575. 18 by 11.5 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Double frame of illumination and verses incorporating an attribution of the drawing to Muhammadi and of the writing to Muhyi. Plain...
'Hindoo School'. Coloured aquatint by John Gantz & Sons, Madras, 1834. No. 3 of a series of ..engravings illustrative of the festivals, wedding and funeral processions, etc, of the people of India. Artist(s): Gantz, John, & Sons (fl.1820s-1840s)
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'Hindoo School'. Coloured aquatint by John Gantz & Sons, Madras, 1834. No. 3 of a series of ...engravings illustrative of the festivals, wedding and funeral processions, etc, of the people of India.. Artist(s): Gantz, John, & Sons (fl.1820s-1840s)
Portrait of the Rev. James Amiraux Jeremie, Professor of Classical Literature at Haileybury College 1830-50. Lithograph by G.B. Black, London, 1856. Artist(s): Black, G.B. (fl. mid-19th century)
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Portrait of the Rev. James Amiraux Jeremie, Professor of Classical Literature at Haileybury College 1830-50. Lithograph by G.B. Black, London, 1856.. Artist(s): Black, G.B. (fl. mid-19th century)
'A Moonshee'. Coloured lithograph by J C Anderson, from Dr Charles Richard Francis's 'Sketches of Native Life in India', London, 1848, No 7. Artist(s): Anderson, John Corbet (fl. mid-19th century), after Francis, Charles Richard (1821-1901)
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'A Moonshee'. Coloured lithograph by J C Anderson, from Dr Charles Richard Francis's 'Sketches of Native Life in India', London, 1848, No 7.. Artist(s): Anderson, John Corbet (fl. mid-19th century), after Francis, Charles Richard (1821-1901)
'Asiatic Society of Bengal instituted Jan 6 1786'. Plate containing vignette engraving by J.W. Lowry commemorating the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, with medallion portrait of Sir William Jones. Four copies. Artist(s): Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879)
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'Asiatic Society of Bengal instituted Jan 6 1786'. Plate containing vignette engraving by J.W. Lowry commemorating the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, with medallion portrait of Sir William Jones. Four copies.. Artist(s): Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879)
'Asiatic Society of Bengal instituted Jan 6 1786'. Plate containing vignette engraving by J.W. Lowry commemorating the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, with medallion portrait of Sir William Jones. Four copies. Artist(s): Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879)
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'Asiatic Society of Bengal instituted Jan 6 1786'. Plate containing vignette engraving by J.W. Lowry commemorating the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, with medallion portrait of Sir William Jones. Four copies.. Artist(s): Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879)