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1. Johnson 10,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,4
Title:
A prince and princess in a landscape beside a waterfall
Scope & Content:
A prince and princess in a landscape. Mughal, c.1635-40. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin. 188 by 123 mm; page 377 by 249 mm. Reverse: four lines of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy signed by Muhammad Aslam; 17th centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1635-1640
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 10,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,6
Title:
A scene at a well, a girl offering water to a horseman
Scope & Content:
Scene at a well. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin. 236 by 161 mm; page 378 by 248 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy. A girl offers water to a prince who has arrived at a well ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 11,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,5
Title:
A girl by a stream
Scope & Content:
A girl in a landscape. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with inner green border decorated with gold and silver, the margin with flower-heads. 159 by 79 mm; page 318 by 215 mm. Reverse: a floral trellis design. A girl sits by a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 19,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 19,3
Title:
An ascetic outside a cave
Scope & Content:
An ascetic outside a cave. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 31 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; on an album page with a blue border decorated with gold arabesques and an outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 126 mm; page 400 by 262 mm. An aged ascetic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 26,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,1
Title:
A young man digging by a stream.. Artist(s): Muhammadi, style of (c.1590-1600)
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a young man digging by a stream. Signed ‘mashq i Muhammadi.’ If the signature be accepted, and it seems very doubtful, this must be later than other known works of the artist. The drawing already displays the rather calligraphic line associated with the Isfahan style. Qazw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 Item

6. 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

7. Johnson 27,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,8
Title:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling
Scope & Content:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note on slip on paper above (not numbered). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; a fragment of an illustration from a manuscript; on an ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 55,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,6
Title:
Servants and courtiers in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Left-hand half of a double-page outdoor court-scene. The usual cooks, grooms and courtiers grouped in a fenced garden through which a stream flows diagonally. Golden hillside behind. Bukhara style: second half of sixteenth century. 23 by 15.5 cm (page 26 by 18 cm). Very slight flaking: fram...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

9. 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

10. Johnson 6,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 6,10
Title:
A dervish seated in a landscape, the foreground coloured in at a later date.
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a dervish seated in a landscape, the foreground coloured in at a later date. Good quality drawing with very angular drapery. Isfahan style: c.1630. 15.5 by 8.5 cm (page 41.5 by 29.5 cm). Decorated frame of gold scrolls on dark blue; gold flecked margins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

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