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422. Johnson 45,18
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 45,18
- Title:
- Saivite devotee
- Scope & Content:
- A Shaivite devotee. 72 by 91 mm. A Shaivite devotee approaches a woman and child by a pond where a man worships a lingam shrine.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1782
- Extent:
- 1 Item
423. Johnson 45,26
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 45,26
- Title:
- A king and a sadhu
- Scope & Content:
- A king and a ‘sadhu’. 85 by 156 mm. A king receives a ‘sadhu’ in a courtyard; four musicians play on the right.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1782
- Extent:
- 1 Item
424. Johnson 58,12
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 58,12
- Title:
- Six named Muslim divines seated in discussion
- Scope & Content:
- Muslim divines. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian with names as below; numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Unfinished drawing with slight colouring in places; backed with Whatman paper watermarked 1808; paper extensions at sides. 248 by 148...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Extent:
- 1 Item
425. Johnson 60,10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 60,10
- Title:
- Mulla Shah
- Scope & Content:
- Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache; modern card border. 182 by 88 mm; page 204 by 109 mm. The mulla, his full beard turning grey, stands facing right holding his hands behind his back...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1650
- Extent:
- 1 Item
426. Johnson 64,41
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 64,41
- Title:
- A prince visiting a holy man
- Scope & Content:
- A prince visiting a holy man. Provincial Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; plain and tinted paper borders. 223 by 130 mm; page 314 by 228 mm. Reverse: four lines of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy with decoration and blue-t...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1640
- Extent:
- 1 Item
427. Johnson 67,10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 67,10
- Title:
- Bhils hunting
- Scope & Content:
- Bhils hunting. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Lightly coloured drawing; plain paper borders. 167 by 103 mm; page 405 by 270 mm. A family of ‘bhils’ hunt in a rocky landscape. Two of them club deer from a horse and camel ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1740
- Extent:
- 1 Item
428. Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42
- Title:
- 42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons.
- Scope & Content:
- 42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons. By a Patna artist, c.1814. Inscribed with numbers and titles. Water-colour; 10 by 8 ins. Deposited by F. Buchanan-Hamilton, c.1820. Listed: Kaye 170. N...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1814
- Extent:
- 1 Item
429. Mss Eur F21/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F21/2
- Title:
- Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, containing a map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 and 3 by Frans Balthazar Solvyns. The rest are copies of others' sketches perhaps by Solvyns.. Artist(s): Solvyns, F
- Scope & Content:
- A map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, from an ‘Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,’ compiled by Captain Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), c.1792. He was the nephew of Robert Kyd (1746-93), founder of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens at Sibpur. Alexander in...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1787-1792
- Extent:
- 1 Item
430. Mss Eur F54
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F54
- Title:
- 70 miscellaneous sketches of portraits, antiquities and everyday scenes in a scrap-book, Java and Banka. Between 1800 and 1818. The sketches of tin-mining were made in Banka between 1812 and 1813. Various artists, including Horsfield and his draftsmen.
- Scope & Content:
- 70 miscellaneous sketches of portraits, antiquities and everyday scenes in a scrap-book (153 folios), Java and Banka, 1800-1818. Some of the drawings are by Horsfield himself, others by his draftsmen, and a few from other sources. ff.10 and 28 are by A.A.J. Payen. The sketches of tin-mining ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1800-1818
- Extent:
- 1 Item