An emperor. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner gold-decorated.blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 161 by 87 mm; page 415 by 290 mm. An emperor, probably der...
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 20 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 243 by 194 mm; page 428 by 292 mm. A noblema...
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 260 by 199 mm; page 410 by 291 mm. A nobleman...
A nobleman on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 57 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 102 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. A nobleman, faci...
A nobleman on orange cushions. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 60 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the face and hands are uncoloured and are perhaps Mughal work of a slightly earlier date; on an album page with inner blue border and uncolou...
A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 28 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 193 by 138 mm; page 412 by 290 mm. The Mughal nobleman, facing right, stands in a fl...
A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 21 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with gouache and gold; on an album page with blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 141 by 63 mm; page 412 by 290 mm. The Mughal nobleman, facing left, stan...
Asaf Khan (d.1641). Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabih-i asaf jah pidar-i nur jahan begum’ (a likeness of Asaf Jah, father of Nur Jahan Begum); numbered 22 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; gouache and gold added at Lucknow, c....
A Mughal officer. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 26 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, gouache background; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 184 by 109 mm; page 413 by 290 mm. The Mughal officer, facin...
Kurma avatara (the Tortoise) Inscribed above in nagari: Kurma 222 by 153 mm; page 333 by 248 mm Gods and demons churn the ocean with the serpent Vasuki and Mount Mandara. Vishnu is seated above.