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Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,22
Title:: The poet Sa'di
Scope & Content:: The poet Sa‘di (d.1291). Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i hazrat-i shaykh sa‘di shirazi’ (a picture of Shaykh Sa‘di of Shiraz). Drawing; on an album page with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 101 by 75 mm; page 378 by 255 m...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,23
Title:: Two musicians
Scope & Content:: Two musicians. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i mutarribha’ (a picture of musicians). Drawing; on an album page with mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 183 by 136 mm; page 492 by 370 mm. One musician kneels while looking at the sp...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,24
Title:: A nobleman and a lady playing chaupar. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:: A nobleman and lady playing chaupar. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn shaghl-i chaupar bazi’ (a picture of a beauty ‘playing chaupar)’; numbered 43 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1775
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 12,4
Title:: A European princess seated in a chair. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:: A European princess. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse:’ padshahzadi kar-i faranq bar’ ... (a princess, European work ... ). Gouache with gold; on an album page with two ‘masnavi’...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,25
Title:: Lovers in a pavilion. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:: Young lovers in a pavilion. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in cartouche above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn vaqt-i khalvat’ (a picture of a beauty at the time of retirement); numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gol...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1775
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 12,5
Title:: Illustration to a romance: a royal archer, with sleeping companions
Scope & Content:: Illustration to a romance. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 31 in Persian inventory note; inscribed in Persian on a slip of paper pasted to the reverse: ‘tasvir-i hasan u savaran u luban’ (?) (a picture of Hasan and the horsemen ... (?). Gouache with g...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1715
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,26
Title:: A couple with ladies. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:: A couple with ladies. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 41 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; a blank paper panel remains between the picture and top border, on an album leaf with inner blue and outer gilt-sp...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1775
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,27
Title:: A game of polo. Artist(s): Ram Sahai (fl. 1760-1782)
Scope & Content:: A game of polo. By Ram Sahai, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Signed in lower left corner in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ram sahai musavvir’ (the work of the painter Ram Sahai); numbered 9 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with coloured wash and gold; narrow gold border...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,29
Title:: Prince with a tambura player. Artist(s): Afzal 'Ali Khan (fl. 1700)
Scope & Content:: A prince with a tambur-player. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i afzal ‘ali khan’ (the work of Afzal ‘Ali Khan); numbered 15 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated panels above and b...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1700
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 1,30
Title:: Squirrels in a plane tree, with a hunter attempting to climb the tree.. Artist(s): Abu'l Hasan, Nadir al-Zaman (1588-c.1635)
Scope & Content:: Squirrels in a plane tree. Attributed to Abu’l Hasan Nadir al-Zaman, Mughal, 1605-08. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-‘asr nadir al-zaman’ (the work of the Wonder of the Age, the Wonder of the...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1605-1608
Extent:: 1 Item

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