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151. Johnson 56,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,8
Title:
Youth kneeling before a standing girl
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: youth kneeling before a standing girl. The two figures are on a carpet in a garden through which a stream flows. This is divided by a fence from a golden hillside with flowering trees and cypress. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 12 by 5.5 cm (page 24.5 by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

152. Johnson 11,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,10
Title:
A girl by a tree
Scope & Content:
A girl. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with coloured borders decorated with floral designs in gold and colours. 147 by 81 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. Reverse: a floral trellis design. A girl dressed in mauve stands beneath a lit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

153. Johnson 27,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,16
Title:
An entertainment in a courtyard
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: an entertainment in a courtyard. Eight male figures and three ladies looking down from a balcony. In the immediate foreground are two small unpainted areas suggesting the silhouettes of two confronted birds. Somewhat rubbed. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

154. Johnson 64,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,21
Title:
A nobleman facing right
Scope & Content:
A nobleman facing right. Deccan, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian characters: ‘baradar-i shamshir khan’ (the brother of Shamshir Khan). Gouache; three borders of gilt decoration. 199 by 112 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: seven lines of ‘nask...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

155. Johnson 64,22

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,22
Title:
A nobleman facing left
Scope & Content:
A nobleman facing left. Deccan, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Shamshir Khan Khulski(?).’ Gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 197 by 115 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: two sizes of ‘thulth’ and ‘naskhi’ script within three ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

156. Johnson 67,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,12
Title:
A prince travelling by elephant
Scope & Content:
A prince travelling by elephant. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with light colouring (‘nim qalam)’; gilt-sprinkled borders. 180 by 100 mm; page 416 by 285 mm. The prince is seated in the howdah beneath a canopy with five of his attendants running on foo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

157. Johnson 16,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 16,2
Title:
A Kanphat yogi
Scope & Content:
A kanphat yogi. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; background retouched with the same yellow as J.16, 1; on an album leaf with stencilled chocolate border and grey paper margin. 123 by 79 mm; page 337 by 224 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

158. Johnson 26,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,13
Title:
Aurangzeb
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and green borders. 180 by 116 mm; page 376 by 249 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; 18th century. Aurangzeb faces right, holding a stra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

159. Johnson 18,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,1
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; mounted within the text-space of the left half of a double-page heading of a 16th century Persian manuscript, illuminated in colours and gold with blue ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

160. Johnson 59,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 59,8
Title:
Prince Sulaiman Shikoh
Scope & Content:
Prince Sulaiman Shikoh. Golconda, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shahzadeh suleiman shikoh baradar-i khord-i dara shikoh’ (Prince Sulaiman Shikoh, little brother of Dara Shikoh); on reverse: ‘yek rupiya u hasht annah’ (one rupee and eight ann...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item