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1. Johnson 1,6c

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Johnson 1,6c
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier of the Akbar period. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 1,6d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,6d
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background has been repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; page 490 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 1,5c

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5c
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 135 by 76 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier,in Aurangzeb period costume, stands facing left, holding a ‘talwa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 1,5d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5d
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 133 by 79 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. A Mughal courtier, facing right, stands dressed in white Shah Jahan perio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 1,5b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5b
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 134 by 78 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier, facing right, is standing holding up a document in his left hand, wearing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 1,1b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,1b
Title:
Hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing mounted with one other. 127 by 58 mm; page 485 by 330 mm. The hermit kneels outside his cave, his arms raised, a stream issuing from a lion-headed rock beside him. The figure of a prophet s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 1,23

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,23
Title:
Two musicians
Scope & Content:
Two musicians. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i mutarribha’ (a picture of musicians). Drawing; on an album page with mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 183 by 136 mm; page 492 by 370 mm. One musician kneels while looking at the sp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 1,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,21
Title:
Five dervishes in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Five dervishes in a landscape. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i darvishan’ (a picture of dervishes); a smudged inscription in the lower left corner perhaps giving the name of an artist. Drawing; on an album leaf with outer mau...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 1,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,16
Title:
The singer Tansen
Scope & Content:
The singer Tansen. Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian: ‘miyan tan sen’ (the master Tan Sen); another inscription in the lower left corner is not legible; above: ‘tasvir-i tan sen’ (a picture of Tansen). Drawing; on an album page with outer mauve...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 1,24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,24
Title:
A nobleman and a lady playing chaupar. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A nobleman and lady playing chaupar. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn shaghl-i chaupar bazi’ (a picture of a beauty ‘playing chaupar)’; numbered 43 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item