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311. Johnson 50,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,1
Title:
Bhairavi Ragini. Artist(s): Fath Chand (fl.c.1750-60)
Scope & Content:
Bhairavi Ragini. By Fath Chand, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai fath chand’ (the work of Rai Fath Chand); numbered 12 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘bhairavi.’ Gouache with gold; oval with blue spandrels decorat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

312. Johnson 50,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,2
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. Mughal (provincial, perhaps Rajasthan), c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; yellow panel at top; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue and plain borders. 143 by 102 mm; page 244 by 172 mm. A blue-skinned woman wearing an orange bodi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

313. Johnson 50,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,3
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 76 in Persian inventory note; identifying the subject as ‘Devgandhar.’ Gouache with gold. 243 by 168 mm. An ascetic sits on a leopard-skin outside a hut while a disciple plays the ‘sarangi’ to a buck a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

314. Johnson 50,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,4
Title:
Two women conversing
Scope & Content:
Two women conversing. Hyderabad, c.1740-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian with a couplet in which a beautiful woman is likened to the moon; priced in ‘raqam.’ Gouache with gold; border of green-stencilled paper. 215 by 150 mm; page 273 by 195 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1740-1750
Extent:
1 Item

315. Johnson 5,10-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,10-24
Title:
J.5,10-24 Fifteen illustrations of religious scenes and sacrifices. By and attributed to Sital Das. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780- ...
Scope & Content:
J.5,10-24 Fifteen illustrations of religious scenes and sacrifices. By and attributed to Sital Das. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Each picture inscribed with descriptive notes in Sanskrit in nagari characters (mostly transl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
14 items

316. Johnson 51,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,1
Title:
Khambhavati Ragini. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782)
Scope & Content:
Khambhavati Ragini. By Gobind Singh, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i brahma ma‘ah brahmani’ (a picture of Brahma with Brahmani); below: ‘‘amal-i gobind singh’ (the work of Gobind Singh); on reverse: an offset impression of a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

317. Johnson 51,2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14-16
Title:
J.51,2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14-16 Eight pictures from a series of Tantric illustrations of Hindu goddesses. Bengal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purc ...
Scope & Content:
J.51,2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14-16 Eight pictures from a series of Tantric illustrations of Hindu goddesses. Bengal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Subjects identified on the reverse in Persian characters. Gouache with gold; orange borders. 210 by 160 mm; page 285 by 220 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1771
Extent:
8 items

318. Johnson 51,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,3
Title:
Balarama avatar
Scope & Content:
Balarama avatar. Amber, c.1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on album pages with gilt-sprinkled mauve and plain borders. Numbered 77 in Persian inventory note. 220 by 155 mm; page 305 by 207 mm. Balarama diverts the river Jumna with his ploughshare. He i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

319. Johnson 51,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,4
Title:
Krishna worshipped under the form of Srinathji
Scope & Content:
Faizabad, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 60 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; narrow gold border. 280 by 209 mm; page 287 by 216 mm. With his hand upraised to hold up the mountain of Govardhan, a young Krishna protected his friends and the cows f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

320. Johnson 51,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,5
Title:
Krishna avatar
Scope & Content:
Krishna avatar. Amber, c.1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on album pages with gilt-sprinkled mauve and plain borders. Numbered 82 in Persian inventory note. 217 by 152 mm; page 303 by 206 mm. An image of Krishna is seated in a shrine between images of B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item