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701. Johnson 35,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,7
Title:
Gujari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gujari Ragini. A girl walks in a landscape by a lily pond with a brass water-pot on her head looking behind her. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘gujari’; (2) Persian: ‘gujari’; (3) Hindi: ‘raga megh malhar ki ragini gujari’; (4) Hindi ‘doha’ and’ kabita’ (7 lines); (5) Persian descripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

702. Johnson 36,4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,4v
Title:
Tree with peacocks
Scope & Content:
Reverse: eight peacocks are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verse written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree. Reproduced: Ebeling (1973), fig.111.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

703. Johnson 37,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,3
Title:
Vibhasa Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vibhasa Ragini. A couple sit on a bed at dawn with the ‘nayaka’ aiming a bow and arrow at a cockerel which has awakened them. . Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXXVII, fig.C.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

704. Johnson 53,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,7
Title:
A starling, European print on a Deccani album leaf.
Scope & Content:
Engraving of a starling. European, 18th century (mounted on a Deccani album leaf). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. 191 by 144 mm; page 330 by 230 mm. Reverse: two lines of red ‘naskhi’ calligraphy on blue paper; 18th century. A starling facing left is perched on a stump; a sphe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1800
Extent:
1 Item

705. Johnson 56,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,4
Title:
Standing prince playing the sitar. In Bokharan style, but possibly Mughal/Akbar.
Scope & Content:
Standing prince playing the ‘sitar.’ Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 14 by 7 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated frame, upper corner-pieces and side-pieces. Margins as J.56, 5. On reverse, illuminated ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Mir ‘Ali.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

706. Johnson 63,1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 63,1-8
Title:
J.63,1-8 8 drawings, originally pasted in an album but now mounted separately, depicting South Indian ‘manners and customs’. By a South Indian artist, ...
Scope & Content:
J.63,1-8 8 drawings, originally pasted in an album but now mounted separately, depicting South Indian ‘manners and customs’. By a South Indian artist, probably at Madras, c.1787. Inscribed with titles and notes in English, and in some cases in German in Gothic script. Wash and water-colour; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786-1788
Extent:
8 items

707. Johnson 35,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,10
Title:
Kedara Ragini
Scope & Content:
Kedara Ragini. A lady sits on the roof of a water-pavilion playing the ‘vina’ to a prince who holds a wine-cup. A boatman is asleep on his boat near the pavilion; a night sky is above. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘bihag’ (erased);’ kedara rag’ and the time of day appropriate mention...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

708. Johnson 35,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,13
Title:
Desakhya Ragini
Scope & Content:
Desakhya Ragini. Two acrobats lift a weight and climb a pole in a landscape setting. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘rag devsak’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘devsak’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag hindol ki ragini devsak tisri’; (4) Sanskrit verse (2 lines); (5) Hindi ‘doha’ and ‘ka...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

709. Johnson 35,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,18
Title:
Gauri Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gauri Ragini. A lady sits under a tree in a landscape holding a ‘vina.’ Her left hand is outstretched as if she is singing. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘gauri’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘gauri’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag malkaus ki ragini gauri tisri’; (4) Sanskrit verse (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

710. Johnson 35,28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,28
Title:
Sri Raga
Scope & Content:
Sri Raga. A princely lover and his lady sit on a bed beneath a canopy on a garden terrace listening to a girl who plays the ‘vina’ and sings. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian:’ rag’ (crossed out); ‘sri rag’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘sri rag’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag sri rag’; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item