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831. Johnson 26,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,7
Title:
Shah Jahan holding a flower
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan holding a flower. Mughal, c.1635. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; oval with purple surround; on an album leaf with blue border and plain margin. 124 by 96 mm; page 377 by 246 mm. Reverse: 15 lines of Arabic ‘naskhi’ calligraphy from a manuscript; 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1635
Extent:
1 Item

832. Johnson 27,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,9
Title:
Humayun (1530-40, 1555-6) receiving courtiers
Scope & Content:
The emperor Humayun (1530-56) receiving courtiers. Mughal, c.1570-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 41 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold on cotton; on an album leaf with a border made up of five ‘baits’ of’ masnavi’ verse in ‘nasta'liq’; outer blue margin d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1570-1580
Extent:
1 Item

833. Johnson 4,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,15
Title:
An emperor, possibly Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
An emperor. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner gold-decorated.blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 161 by 87 mm; page 415 by 290 mm. An emperor, probably der...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

834. Johnson 55,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,7
Title:
Prince holding discourse in the countryside
Scope & Content:
A prince holding discourse in the countryside. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note (using the word ‘nigarashta).’ Coloured drawing on cotton; on an album leaf; blue and uncoloured paper borders. 196 by 123 mm; page 265 by 176 mm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

835. Johnson 7,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,11
Title:
Miyan Mir
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Miyan Mir. Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered); numbered 41 in top left corner of reverse. Gouache; on a finely decorated album leaf with two inner borders of gold flowers on red and blue paper, incorporating a ‘ba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item

836. Johnson 22,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,16
Title:
Four Kanphat yogis in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Four kanphat yogis in a landscape. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on rock in foreground in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas’ud, sunnah 103’ (the work of Mas’ud, year 103 - meaning AH1003/AD1594-95); on reverse: ‘tasvir-i kanphatha’ (a picture of ‘kanphats).’ T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

837. Johnson 64,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,17
Title:
Jaswant Singh I of Jodhpur (1638-78)
Scope & Content:
Jaswant Singh I of Jodhpur (1638-78). Deccan, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Ram Singh Rathor.’ Gouache; three borders of gilt decoration. 204 by 108 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: four lines of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy cut out and pasted...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

838. Johnson 64,30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,30
Title:
Ghulam Riza seated on a couch
Scope & Content:
A man seated on a couch. Deccan, c.1650-1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. An inscription at bottom in Persian characters: ‘in tasvir-i ghulam riza’ (this [is] a likeness of Ghulam Riza); a second inscription on the left. Drawing with some gold; three borders of gilt floral d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1700
Extent:
1 Item

839. Johnson 28,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,8
Title:
Captive robbers before the King, with the Vizier interceding for the youngest
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Gulistan’ of Sa‘di: captive robbers before the King, and the Vizier interceding for the youngest member of the gang. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 19 by 11.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Illuminated frame and two rectangular panels at the top...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

840. Johnson 36,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,17
Title:
Desi Ragini
Scope & Content:
Desi Ragini. A girl is seated on the end of a bed playing a ‘tambur’ to her lover who sits facing her. The bed is in a courtyard by a building; a landscape is beyond the wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item