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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Language Not applicable Subject Hookahs

1. Johnson 9,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,8
Title:
A lady smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
A lady smoking a hookah. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 54 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 132 by 77 mm; page 410 by 285 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 15,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,3
Title:
A lady with a hookah. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A lady with a hookah. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished. 131 by 109 mm; page 410 by 287 mm. A lady, seated on a gold stool on a blue terrace, smokes a hookah which is hel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 4,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,17
Title:
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 20 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 243 by 194 mm; page 428 by 292 mm. A noblema...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 4,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,18
Title:
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 260 by 199 mm; page 410 by 291 mm. A nobleman...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 66,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,9
Title:
A prince smoking attended by ladies
Scope & Content:
A prince smoking attended by ladies. 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. 277 by 188 mm; page 555 by 373 mm. Listed: Foster (1924), no.69. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 11,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,11
Title:
A lady smoking
Scope & Content:
A lady smoking. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with coloured borders decorated with floral designs in colours and gold. 129 by 57 mm; page 320 by 217 mm. Reverse: a flower-head design. A lady stands smoking a ‘nargila...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 64,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,15
Title:
A nobleman smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
Nobleman smoking a hookah. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with gouache; twin gilt-decorated borders with blank area reserved above miniature. 230 by 183 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: ‘naskhi’ calligraphy within three borders of floral decoration in w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

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