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181. Johnson 11,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,15
Title:
A girl playing a vina
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a vina. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Deccan, c.1680. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated pink and blue borders, and a yellow margin decorated with a leaf motif. 133 by 80 mm; page 319 by 214 mm. Reverse: a floral design. E.I.C. Libr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

182. Johnson 18,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,17
Title:
A youthful musician playing the vina. Artist(s): Bhoj Raj, Rai (fl. 1770)
Scope & Content:
A youthful musician. Attributed to Rai Bhoj Raj, Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai bhoj raj musavvir’ (the work of the painter Rai Bhoj Raj); numbered 32 in Persian inventory note. Tinted drawing, the background coloured in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

183. Johnson 28,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,15
Title:
Youth brandishing a spade while an old beggar plays on a pipe.
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a youth brandishing a spade whilst an old beggar plays on a pipe. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 12 by 7.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated corner-pieces and border: a line of large ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy above and below. Plain margins with symmetrical designs in gol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

184. Johnson 45,39

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,39
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; gold and pink paper borders. 184 by 135 mm; page 282 by 203 mm. Krishna stands on a rock under a tree playing his flute to a peacock and cattle. A gopi kneels in worship on the rig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

185. Johnson 45,40

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,40
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; oval; gold and pink paper borders. 140 by 103 mm; page 281 by 190 mm. Krishna stands beneath a tree playing his flute to caparisoned oxen and a gopi, who waves a ‘chauri.’ He has f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

186. Johnson 56,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,16
Title:
A musical entertainment in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

187. Johnson 60,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,20
Title:
A girl playing the tambura
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a tambur. Murshidabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered ); inscribed: ‘qaimat yek rupiya’ (the price [is] one rupee). Gouache; mounted on paper. 142 by 77 mm; page 190 by 120 mm. A girl, facing right, sits playing a ‘t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

188. L.R.404.k.10(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.404.k.10(32)
Title:
A koto player. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a woman playing the koto.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

189. Maps 15.d.21(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 15.d.21(38)
Title:
Wandernde Musikanten von Tripolitanie [Wandering musicians from Tripolitania]. Photographer: Salingré, Emil
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men and a boy, posed in front of palm trees. A heavily retouched print.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

190. Mss Eur E278/86(398)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E278/86(398)
Title:
Sherchokpa Dancers. Photographer: Reid, Robert Niel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Snapshot of a group of musicians and dancers, some wearing masks and others in a bull costume. In the background a crowd of onlookers can be seen.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 item

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