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241. Johnson 26,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,9
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing; on an album page with yellow, blue, and pink borders sprinkled with gold. 124 by 66 mm; page 355 by 248 mm. The nobleman is shown half-length facing left, holding a ‘sarpesh.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

242. Johnson 27,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,1
Title:
Princess playing to a prince
Scope & Content:
A princess playing to a prince. Golconda, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse with Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with two couplets of text at the top of the miniature; on an album leaf with pl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

243. Johnson 27,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,2
Title:
King consulting with a minister
Scope & Content:
A king consulting with a minister. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with a couplet at the top and bottom of the miniature; on an album leaf with blue and plain borders. 17...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

244. 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

245. Johnson 27,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,4
Title:
Prince with ladies
Scope & Content:
A prince with ladies. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘28’ on border of reverse. Gouache with gold; on a 17th-century Mughal album leaf with gilt-decorated borders and a margin decorated in gold with elephants and hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

246. Johnson 27,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,5
Title:
Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies. Yusuf's head and some of the ladies' faces have been retouched in India. The scene is in a garden with ornamental pool and runnels divided from a golden hillside by a scarlet fence. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

247. Johnson 27,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,6
Title:
Two young men with a led horse
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: two young men with a led horse. The one on the right appears to be a prince with an aigrette in his turban; the other is a groom or running footman wearing an elaborately plumed fur-edged cap and carrying an axe. A trifle rubbed and discoloured, but good work. Bukhara styl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

248. Johnson 27,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,7
Title:
A prince entertained by girls and musicians
Scope & Content:
A prince entertained. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled borders of blue and yellow. 208 by 111 mm; page 328 by 233 mm. Aprince, possibly Bahram Gur, sits in a garden pavilion with a princess and numerous gir...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

249. 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

250. 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