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411. Johnson 62,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 62,2
Title:
Nadir Shah
Scope & Content:
Nadir Shah. Murshidabad, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed incorrectly on reverse: ‘Bauber Batsane’ (Babur Badshah). Gouache; red and blue borders. 206 by 110 mm; page 234 by 142 mm. Nadir Shah stands facing left holding a green sword, and wearing a gold crown ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

412. 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

413. Johnson 67,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,10
Title:
Bhils hunting
Scope & Content:
Bhils hunting. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Lightly coloured drawing; plain paper borders. 167 by 103 mm; page 405 by 270 mm. A family of ‘bhils’ hunt in a rocky landscape. Two of them club deer from a horse and camel ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

414. Johnson 13,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,1
Title:
A learned man with a book holding court
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting on plain background: learned man seated on a throne-like seat holding a book: a greybeard, two young men (one of them dark-skinned) and a girl seated before him. Slight damage to faces. Bukhara style: mid sixteenth century. 11.5 by 7 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated up...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

415. Johnson 45,9-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,9-24
Title:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Jo ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charbas’ with some colour in most cases; ten are of oblong format, many with corners reserved where text w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
16 items

416. Johnson 66,4v-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,4v-9v
Title:
J.66,4v-9v Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Ordinary system. Hyderabad, c.1784-85. Richard Johnson Colle ...
Scope & Content:
J.66,4v-9v Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Ordinary system. Hyderabad, c.1784-85. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; green and gold borders; mounted in groups of six on six sheets of paper with floral decoration in c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1785
Extent:
36 items

417. Johnson 44,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44,37
Title:
Nata Ragini
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. A party of acrobats have set up a tight-rope on which two girls walk towards one another: one is dressed as a sweeper to the feigned astonishment of the other who carries water-pots upon her head. Their companions beneath beat drums and express encouragement. Note: The red inscri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

418. Johnson 45,26-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,26-30
Title:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard John ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Pounced tracings on paper; mounted on a single sheet of paper; nos.27-30 show signs of having been used as pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
5 items

419. Johnson 2,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,10
Title:
Mahabat Khan
Scope & Content:
Mahabat Khan. Mughal, c.1630-35. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Mahabat Khan’; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i mahabat khan 30’ (the price of this portrait of Mahabat Khan is 30). Drawing with gold; on an albu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1635
Extent:
1 Item

420. Johnson 18,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,2
Title:
Akbar (1556-1605) enthroned
Scope & Content:
Akbar enthroned. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with mauve outer margins. 229 by 149 mm; page 379 by 254 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Ghulam Rasul; dated year 29 (perhaps fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item