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441. Johnson 8,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,3
Title:
Author presenting a volume to a prince
Scope & Content:
An author presenting a volume to a prince. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with lines of text at top and bottom of the miniature obliterated with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border and undeco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

442. Johnson 12,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12,1
Title:
A composite horse and rider
Scope & Content:
A composite horse and rider. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘22’ on border; inscribed on reverse: ‘asp-i jadu’ (a magic horse); pasted on reverse from cover-paper: ‘yek shabih tasvir-i husn asp-i jadu savar’ (a pictu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

443. Johnson 13,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,5
Title:
A lady holding a flower
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing, on an album page with coloured borders sprinkled with gold. 63 by 48 mm; page 332 by 229 mm. Reproduced: Bussagli (1966), pl.32; Hambly (1968), fig.19. A lady faces half right, holding a flower and wearing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

444. Johnson 15,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,6
Title:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval
Scope & Content:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled plain margin. 221 by 147 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. Sohni swims across the riv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

445. Johnson 21,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 21,2
Title:
Girl playing a sitar
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a sitar. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 19 in Persian inventory note. Lightly tinted drawing with gold; mounted with a border of pale yellow paper; grey paper extensions. 175 by 118 mm; page 265 by 185 mm. The girl, facing right, is sho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

446. Johnson 22,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,4
Title:
Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan
Scope & Content:
Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan (d.1694). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Buzurg Umed Khan’; numbered 19 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘nawab buzurg umed’ ‘khan, ‘amal-i fath chand’ (Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan, the work of Fath Chand), n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

447. Johnson 22,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,7
Title:
A youth reading to a poet
Scope & Content:
A youth reading to a poet. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘padshah akbar’ (the emperor Akbar), which may have referred to an adjacent picture in the original album. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf; two ‘misra‘‘ in ‘nasta‘liq’...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

448. Johnson 25,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 25,1
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of a man
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a nobleman. Bijapur, c.1660-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner gold floral border; pink and brick-red borders enclosing two panels of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy making up four lines of verse; plain outer ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1680
Extent:
1 Item

449. Johnson 25,8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 25,8v
Title:
A Mughal courtier. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1740-70), style of
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Style of Hunhar, Lucknow, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing; on an album page of which the primary miniature is on the other side; ruled border and margin of plain paper. 204 by 114 mm; page 318 by 192 mm. A Mughal courtier with a ‘katar’...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

450. Johnson 27,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,3
Title:
Prince visiting hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A prince visiting a hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note; numbered 27 on border. Gouache with gold; on a 17th-century Mughal album leaf with gilt-decorated borders and a margin decorated in gold with animals ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item