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Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 15,6
Title:: Sohni swimming to Mahinval
Scope & Content:: Sohni swimming to Mahinval Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled plain margin. 221 by 147 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. Sohni swims across the riv...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1770-1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 15,8
Title:: A princess killing a snake watched by her maids, in the manner of a Bijapuri paintring.. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
Scope & Content:: A princess watching a maid killing a snake. By Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mir kalan khan’ (the work of Mir Kalan Khan); numbered 22 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gre...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 15,9
Title:: A lady visiting yoginis at night. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:: A lady visiting yoginis at night. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. An inscription above, probably an inventory note, has been obliterated. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and oxidised silver borders; outer border of grey pap...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 16,5
Title:: A scene with a European female portrait and two attendants. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:: Scene with portrait. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled borders and margin. 148 by 117 mm; page 333 by 228 mm. The wall in a marble pavilion with an octagonal pond before it has an...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1775-1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 16,6
Title:: European scene with Portuguese figures
Scope & Content:: A European scene with Portuguese figures. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders of gold arabesques; paper extensions at top and bottom. 264 by 175 mm; page 335 by 216 mm. Reverse: ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1595
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 17,2
Title:: Sri Raga. Artist(s): Govardhan (fl. 1730-40), style of
Scope & Content:: Sri Raga. Style of Govardhan, Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border and plain margin; edges reinforced with grey paper. 238 by 163 mm; page 405 by 285 mm. Reverse: an exercise written in bold ‘nasta‘l...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1740
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 17,3
Title:: A lady visiting a Saiva shrine. Artist(s): Muhammad Faqirullah Khan (fl.1740s)
Scope & Content:: A visit to a shrine. By Muhammad Faqirullah Khan, Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian on a piece of paper which presumably originates from the picture’s previous border: ‘‘amal-i muhammad faqir allah khan’ (the work of Muhammad Faqirullah ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1740
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 17,4
Title:: Ramakali Ragini. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:: Ramakali Ragini. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 169 by 121 mm; page 406 by 284 mm. A penitent lover kn...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1775
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 17,5
Title:: Madhumadhavi Ragini. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:: Madhumadhavi Ragini. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 168 by 126 mm; page 404 by 285 mm. A lady runs int...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1775
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 18,3
Title:: Farrukh Siyyar
Scope & Content:: Farrukh Siyyar. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and fawn borders. 215 by 120 mm; page 379 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Aziz Allah, 18th century. Farrukh Siyyar ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1715
Extent:: 1 Item

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