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551. Johnson 56,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,14
Title:
Young dervish and seated youth
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a young dervish and seated youth. The young dervish is an inferior version of J.28, 14, and the style of both figures is that of Muhammadi but with hesitant drawing and colour somewhat roughly applied. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century (but possibly executed at Bukhara: th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

552. Johnson 56,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,15
Title:
Prince and attendants drinking out of doors
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a prince and attendants drinking out-of-doors. A rather weak drawing apparently founded on J.28, 11. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 15.5 by 11.5 cm (page 14.5 by 16.5 cm). Bands of illumination top and bottom, a corner-piece and half medallion at the top. Margin des...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

553. Johnson 56,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,16
Title:
A musical entertainment in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

554. Johnson 56,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,17
Title:
Drunkard under a tree
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a drunken man under a tree. His eyes are closed, he has discarded his slippers and waves his arms, the hands hidden in the sleeves: the tree is a plane, the trunk and upper branches lopped. Qazwin style: second half sixteenth century. 14 by 9.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

555. Johnson 56,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,18
Title:
A man ploughing and two others with spades.. Artist(s): Mirak ibn Sayyid Husayn (c.1550-1600)
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a man ploughing and two others with spades. Signature of Mirak b. Sayyid Husayn. The figures are rather clumsily proportioned but details are finely drawn. Qazwin style: second half sixteenth century. 23.5 by 16.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). A number of small illuminated medallion...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

556. Johnson 56,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,19
Title:
Yusuf in the slave market
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of Yusuf in the slave market. Perhaps by the same hand as J.56, 9. The drawing falls into three horizontal sections. In the central section Yusuf, with large flaming halo, stands before a group of wrangling haggling purchasers; above is a small ‘‘iwan’ and a group of men, thre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

557. Johnson 56,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,20
Title:
Page serving a seated prince with wine
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: page serving a seated prince with wine. The prince, holding a stick, sits awkwardly on a square stool with four legs, too high for his feet to reach the ground. Bukhara style: mid-sixteenth century. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated frame, corner-pieces, an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 Item

558. Johnson 58,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,10
Title:
A Mughal officer
Scope & Content:
A Mughal officer. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Drawing with wash; pink-tinted paper border extended at edge; backed with cotton. 189 by 110 mm; page 247 by 171 mm. Reverse: sketches of the heads of two camels and a tig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

559. Johnson 58,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,11
Title:
Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan
Scope & Content:
Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan(?). Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i asaf khan khan-i khanan’ ...’ ‘alamgir padshah’ (a likeness of Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan [of the time of] the emperor ‘Alamgir); numbered 9 in Persian inventory not...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

560. Johnson 58,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,12
Title:
Six named Muslim divines seated in discussion
Scope & Content:
Muslim divines. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian with names as below; numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Unfinished drawing with slight colouring in places; backed with Whatman paper watermarked 1808; paper extensions at sides. 248 by 148...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item