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321. Johnson 63,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 63,2
Title:
Hackery pulled by two oxen
Scope & Content:
A hackery pulled by two oxen. Inscribed: ‘A Hickrie, the common conveyance of Gentoo & Malabar people who can afford to keep one’; in German: ‘Ein hiesiges Fahrzeug der vornehmen Schwarzen, dasz man Huckerie nennt’ (A local conveyancc of high class Blacks, which men call a hackery). Water-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1787
Extent:
1 Item

322. Johnson 67,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,4
Title:
An assembly of animals and birds
Scope & Content:
An assembly of animals and birds. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman) - this inscription is unreliable; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note. Gouache; inner border of g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

323. Johnson 67,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,5
Title:
A nilgai
Scope & Content:
A nilgai. Mughal, c.1625. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 19 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; the clouds are a later addition; inner border of gilt flowers, outer border sprinkled with gold on a plain ground. 143 by 86 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. A blue bull stands fac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 Item

324. Johnson 67,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,6
Title:
A hunting cheetah on a bullock -cart
Scope & Content:
A hunting cheetah on a bullock-cart. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; inner gilt floral border, outer border giltsprinkled on a plain ground. 73 by 118 mm; page 415 by 2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

325. Johnson 67,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,7
Title:
A cheetah on a cart
Scope & Content:
A cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (written twice); inscribed beneath: ‘‘amal-i ram’ (?) ‘das’ (the work of Ram Das). Lightly coloured drawing; on both sides are gilt floral inner borders with plain outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

326. Johnson 67,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,8
Title:
Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Layla wa Majnun’ of Nizami: Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap. Tabriz style, mid sixteenth century. 10 by 11cm (page 40.5 by 28 cm). The miniature has been somewhat trimmed down from its original size and there is very slight...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 Item

327. Johnson 67,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,9
Title:
A keeper with a pair of deer
Scope & Content:
A keeper with a pair of deer. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; flowers in foreground repainted; undecorated borders sprinkled with gold. 138 by 92 mm; page 413 by 280 mm. Reproduced: Pinder-Wilson (1976), no.134. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

328. Johnson 11,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,12
Title:
A girl chasing a cat
Scope & Content:
A girl chasing a cat. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Deccan, c.1680. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with coloured borders decorated with floral designs in colours and gold. 156 by 104 mm; page 317 by 215 mm. Reverse: a floral trellis design. A girl chases a white ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

329. Johnson 14,11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,11v
Title:
A runaway buffalo chased by its keeper
Scope & Content:
Runaway buffalo. Deccan, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Coloured drawing; on an album leaf with red border and blue margin. 78 by 155 mm; page 351 by 230 mm. Reverse: a painting of an angelic figure enthroned. A man sprints alongside a charging water buffalo and tries...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

330. Johnson 18,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,11
Title:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse. Mughal, c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on the background in Persian (in the same unreliable hand as J.16,1 and J.64,40): ‘kar-i usta[d] modi’ (the work of Ustad Modi); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

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