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801. Johnson 18,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,19
Title:
A courtier
Scope & Content:
A courtier. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pink outer margin. 187 by 109 mm; page 378 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Almas; dated AH1128/AD1716. Acourtier,facing left, stands on grassland w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

802. Johnson 18,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,20
Title:
Khan Jahan Lodi
Scope & Content:
Khan Jahan Lodi (d.1631). Mughal, c.1620. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders of gold arabesques and an outer margin of flowering plants in gold; reinforced at the edges with grey paper. 161 by 9...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1620
Extent:
1 Item

803. Johnson 22,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,10
Title:
A standing lady
Scope & Content:
A lady. Rajasthan, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border enclosing six ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ poem written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; outer margin of trellis flower-head pattern in gold. 132 by 76 mm; page...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1640-1650
Extent:
1 Item

804. Johnson 22,11a

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11a
Title:
A lady of European demeanour
Scope & Content:
A lady of European demeanour. 122 by 65 mm. The lady is seated on a throne-like chair with a bolster for a footstool. She gives a sign of Christian blessing to a baby who holds a book as he kneels beside the chair. A cat pilfering from one of the dishes is in the foreground; garden and lands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

805. Johnson 22,11a-d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11a-d
Title:
J.22,11a-d Four drawings of ladies. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawings with gold. These four drawings, th ...
Scope & Content:
J.22,11a-d Four drawings of ladies. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawings with gold. These four drawings, the work of one artist, are now mounted together on a single album leaf in the Deccani style of the late seventeenth century. The gold embellish...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
4 items

806. Johnson 22,11b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11b
Title:
A girl seated on a chair
Scope & Content:
A girl. 122 by 65 mm. The girl is seated on a chair with a bolster and a tasseled fringe, holding up a pink flower to sniff the scent.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

807. Johnson 22,11c

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11c
Title:
A girl with a mirror
Scope & Content:
A girl with a mirror. 93 by 65 mm. A girl holding up a thumb-ring mirror on her left hand is walking by a blossoming shrub.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

808. Johnson 22,11d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11d
Title:
A girl with yo-yo
Scope & Content:
A girl with a yo-yo. 92 by 65 mm. A girl playing with a yo-yo, standing facing left, dressed in pink and green.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

809. Johnson 22,11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,11v
Title:
Mulla Dopiyazah on his old nag
Scope & Content:
Mulla Dopiyazah. Deccan, c.1700-1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on the reverse of an album leaf with four drawings of girls. 185 by 113 mm; page 361 by 231 mm. Mulla Dopiyazah dressed in a white jama and bulbous turban, rides an emaciated stallion while a white d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1720
Extent:
1 Item

810. Johnson 22,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,12
Title:
Yogis sleeping
Scope & Content:
Yogis sleeping. Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas‘ud, sunnah 130’ (the work of Masud, year 130 - perhaps intended as AH1013/AD1604-1605 or AH1030/AD1620-21); on reverse: ‘jalsah-i fuqara-i jalali’ (gathering of illustrious ascetics...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item