A parade. Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on paper with applied margin of grey paper above and below. 328 by 595 mm; page 485 by 595 mm. Reverse: a drawing of a youth’s head in European style, perhaps by one of the professional English artist...
A lady going to worship. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders decorated with arabesques and flower-heads; the borders partly finished in the lower left corner. 150 by 74 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. Reverse: a flower-head d...
A mulla presiding over a night ceremony with girls and youths bearing gifts. Artist(s): Govardhan (fl. 1730-40)
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A night ceremony. By Govardhan, Mughal, c.1735-40. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ... ‘hazrat-i shah naqsh’ ... ‘Govardhan’ (?)’ musavvir’ (this inscription is partly missing where the surface has been torn away, but it...
The emperor Babur greeting courtiers on the occasion of the Id festival. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with floral diaper border. 286 by 160 mm; page 436 by 301 mm. Reverse: four lines...
Dawn and Dusk bathing ritual. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
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The dawn and dusk bathing ritual. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed with 18 lines of Sanskrit descriptions of the ritual. Drawing with water-colour on paper; edges reinforced and extended with grey paper. 346 by 330 mm; page 492 by 380 mm. Four men are standing in water at the side of a ri...