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311. Johnson 11,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,8
Title:
A lady holding a lotus flower
Scope & Content:
A lady holding a lotus flower. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album page with inner blue border with gold flowers, and undecorated outer borders. 156 by 78 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. A lady stands facing left holding a lotus with a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

312. Johnson 13,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,6
Title:
A girl braiding her hair
Scope & Content:
A girl braiding her hair. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i nur jahan begam’ (portrait of Nur Jahan Begam). Drawing with touches of gouache; on an album page with pink and green borders sprinkled with gold. 120 by 67 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

313. Johnson 22,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,1
Title:
A sheet of floral designs
Scope & Content:
A sheet of floral designs. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on paper; backing-paper added. 250 by 206 mm; page 345 by 225 mm. A sheet of designs for floral motifs as used for border designs on album pages, or on the lacquered bindings of ‘...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

314. Johnson 27,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,2
Title:
King consulting with a minister
Scope & Content:
A king consulting with a minister. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with a couplet at the top and bottom of the miniature; on an album leaf with blue and plain borders. 17...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

315. Johnson 27,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,4
Title:
Prince with ladies
Scope & Content:
A prince with ladies. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘28’ on border of reverse. Gouache with gold; on a 17th-century Mughal album leaf with gilt-decorated borders and a margin decorated in gold with elephants and hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

316. Johnson 27,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,5
Title:
Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies. Yusuf's head and some of the ladies' faces have been retouched in India. The scene is in a garden with ornamental pool and runnels divided from a golden hillside by a scarlet fence. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

317. Johnson 34,1-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 34,1-35
Title:
J.34,1-35 Thirty-five coloured drawings from a ‘ragamala’ series (originally comprising thirty-six), arranged according to Hanuman’s system. By Udwat ...
Scope & Content:
J.34,1-35 Thirty-five coloured drawings from a ‘ragamala’ series (originally comprising thirty-six), arranged according to Hanuman’s system. By Udwat Singh and Mohan Singh. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
35 items

318. Johnson 4,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,16
Title:
A musician playing the cymbals
Scope & Content:
A musician. Mughal, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 53 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; probably a fragment of a larger picture, set on a field of painted floral decoration executed at Lucknow, c.1780; on an album page with gold-decorated blue borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

319. Johnson 53,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,5
Title:
A wild cat
Scope & Content:
A wild cat. Mughal, c.1630-40. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with gouache; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled borders of tinted paper. 135 by 77 mm; page 328 by 225 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1911), pl.CXXVI. The animal is seated before a small tree with one paw raised...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

320. Johnson 53,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,6
Title:
A tiger hunt
Scope & Content:
A hunting scene. Deccan, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘dakhil ast’ (entered). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt floral borders. 172 by 110 mm; page 332 by 226 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item