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271. Johnson 45,9-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,9-24
Title:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Jo ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charbas’ with some colour in most cases; ten are of oblong format, many with corners reserved where text w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
16 items

272. Johnson 45,26-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,26-30
Title:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard John ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Pounced tracings on paper; mounted on a single sheet of paper; nos.27-30 show signs of having been used as pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
5 items

273. Johnson 2,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,10
Title:
Mahabat Khan
Scope & Content:
Mahabat Khan. Mughal, c.1630-35. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Mahabat Khan’; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i mahabat khan 30’ (the price of this portrait of Mahabat Khan is 30). Drawing with gold; on an albu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1635
Extent:
1 Item

274. Johnson 18,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,2
Title:
Akbar (1556-1605) enthroned
Scope & Content:
Akbar enthroned. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with mauve outer margins. 229 by 149 mm; page 379 by 254 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Ghulam Rasul; dated year 29 (perhaps fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

275. Johnson 18,3

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

276. Johnson 60,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,9
Title:
'Abd al-Rahim Khan
Scope & Content:
‘Abd al-Rahim Khar. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at right edge in Persian characters: ‘shabeh’ ‘‘abd’ al-’rahim’ ‘khar’ (a likeness of ‘Abd al-Rahim the Ass); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; paper borders. 109 by 70 mm; page 190 by 12...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

277. Johnson 60,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,10
Title:
Mulla Shah
Scope & Content:
Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache; modern card border. 182 by 88 mm; page 204 by 109 mm. The mulla, his full beard turning grey, stands facing right holding his hands behind his back...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

278. Johnson 66,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,10
Title:
Two girls entertaining a ruler, possibly Nawab Muzaffar Jang of Farrukhabad
Scope & Content:
Two girls entertaining a ruler. Farrukhabad, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album page with plain and coloured borders sprinkled with gold. 173 by 101 mm; page 513 by 380 mm. Two girls, one with a ‘tambur’, the other dancing, entertain a ruler dressed in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

279. Johnson 58,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,8
Title:
Prince Muhammad Mu'azzim (later Bahadur Shah 1)
Scope & Content:
Prince Muhammad Mu‘azzim (Later Bahadur Shah I). Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shahzadah’ ... ‘Muhammad Mu‘azzim’ (Prince ... Muhammad Mu‘azzim); in English: ‘Prince Muhammad Muazim’; Persian inventory note (not numbered). Drawing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

280. Johnson 39,1-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 39,1-36
Title:
J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collecti ...
Scope & Content:
J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with Sanskrit verses of Damodara’s ‘Sangita-darpana’. Gouache with gold; orange borders. 210 by 135 mm includ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
36 items