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321. Johnson 10,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,3
Title:
A nobleman and his lady holding fireworks
Scope & Content:
A nobleman and his lady holding fireworks. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and pink outer margin. 180 by 114 mm; page 378 by 250 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; signed b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

322. Johnson 11,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,7
Title:
A girl, head and shoulders, wearing a hat
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a girl. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; oval; on an album leaf with borders decorated with floral designs in gold and colours; flower-head design on reverse. 68 by 54 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. A girl, facing left, shown head and sho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

323. Johnson 14,8a

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,8a
Title:
A Christian knight fighting a Saracen foot-soldier
Scope & Content:
A Christian knight fighting with a Saracen foot-soldier. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘shah jalal al-din akbar -’ possibly an identification of a facing picture in an earlier album. Gouache with gold; mounted (with J.14, 8b) on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

324. Johnson 20,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,5
Title:
Nata Ragini (a horseman in combat with foot-soldiers)
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold on picture in Persian numerals: ‘53’. Gouache with gold; mounted with borders of blue and pink paper; backed with European paper by the Library. 104 by 71 mm; page 162 by 130 mm, extended to 303 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

325. Johnson 21,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 21,5
Title:
A lady walking across a terrace at night
Scope & Content:
A lady walking across a terrace at night. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and blue borders; grey paper extensions. 156 by 84 mm; page 271 by 178 mm. A lady walks across a pink terrace at night holding a burning lamp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

326. Johnson 28,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,2
Title:
Mounted prince with a falcon, preceded by a running footman
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: young mounted prince with falcon on his wrist preceded by a running footman. Plain background with conventional flowers in gold. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 14 by 8.5 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated upper corners. Illuminated frame incorporating ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

327. Johnson 28,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,9
Title:
A drunken party in a courtyard by night
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: moonlight scene in a courtyard with an ‘iwan:’ a bearded man lying asleep (drunk?) surrounded by young men with bottles and cups. In the courtyard a led horse, a man with a cresset, and a bearded man registering astonishment. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

328. Johnson 51,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 51,8
Title:
Five-faced Siva on Kailasa with Parvati, Ganesa and Nandi
Scope & Content:
Siva. Bengal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 66 in Persian inventory note (repeated on a slip of paper on reverse). Gouache with gold; orange border with two dotted green lines. 208 by 168 mm; page 277 by 225 mm. Siva is in his five-headed form with ten arms,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

329. Johnson 56,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,6
Title:
Youth testing an arrow, his bow on his arm
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: youth testing an arrow, his bow on his arm. This miniature closely follows the elegant single figures of youths by Muhammad Mu‘min (e.g. ‘Sakisian’ fig.119). He has the same attitude, the same long knife and sword at his girdle, the same position of the feet. Bukhara style...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

330. Johnson 7,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,10
Title:
Portrait of a mulla
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a mulla. Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered); numbered 42 in top left corner of border. Gouache with gold; on a finely decorated album leaf with two inner borders of gold flowers on red and blue paper, incorporatin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item