A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 15 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 163 by 95 mm; page 415 by 292 mm. A Mughal nobleman, facing left, ...
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...
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...
A middle-aged Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 51 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; the figure uncoloured; on an album page with inner blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 136 by 64 mm; page 415 by 292 mm. A Mughal nobleman o...
An elderly Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 16 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue and outer gilt-sprinkled border. 186 by 94 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. An elderly Mughal nobleman stands facing r...
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 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 raja. Mughal, c.1640-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on grass in Persian: ‘Rajah Rai Singh’; numbered 25 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; the grass and sky coloured at Lucknow, c.1780; on an album page with inner blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 1...
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....