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421. Johnson 45,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,10
Title:
Girls and a sadhu
Scope & Content:
Girls and a ‘sadhu’. 62 by 132 mm. Two girls receive a ‘sadhu’ in a landscape; the girl seated on the left is dressed in a leaf skirt.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

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

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