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491. Johnson 4,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,16
Title:
A musician playing the cymbals
Scope & Content:
A musician. Mughal, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 53 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; probably a fragment of a larger picture, set on a field of painted floral decoration executed at Lucknow, c.1780; on an album page with gold-decorated blue borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

492. Johnson 41,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 41,6
Title:
Radha and confidantes
Scope & Content:
Radha with confidantes. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Ram’ (an inaccurate identification of Krishna as Rama). 208 by 117 mm, 206 by 121 mm and 206 by 123 mm; page 223 by 363 mm. (a) Radha looks in a mirror and sees the reflection of Krishna who watches her from a window; (b) Radha is seated on a ter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

493. Johnson 4,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,17
Title:
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 20 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 243 by 194 mm; page 428 by 292 mm. A noblema...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

494. Johnson 41,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 41,7
Title:
Radha and Krishna with confidantes
Scope & Content:
Radha and Krishna with confidantes. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Ram’ and ‘Kishan’ (an inaccurate identification of Radha as Rama). 211 by 122 mm, 211 by 110 mm and 212 by 134 mm; page 223 by 366 mm. (a) Radha and Krishna embrace on a bed, and a confidante stands by: (b) a confidante talks to Radha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

495. Johnson 4,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,18
Title:
A nobleman smoking. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A nobleman smoking. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 260 by 199 mm; page 410 by 291 mm. A nobleman...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

496. Johnson 41,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 41,8
Title:
Radha and Krishna
Scope & Content:
Radha and Krishna. 193 by 117 mm, 202 by 116 mm and 205 by 123 mm; page 225 by 370 mm. (a) Radha is seated in a chamber with a maid who waves a ‘morchal’; a messenger talks with Krishna in the chamber beneath; (b) Krishna is on a bed in an upper chamber; a maid talks to Radha in the chamber be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

497. Johnson 4,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,19
Title:
A nobleman ona terrace
Scope & Content:
A nobleman on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 57 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 102 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. A nobleman, faci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

498. Johnson 4,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,20
Title:
A Hindu nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Hindu nobleman. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 58 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the carpet and green background are Lucknow additions, c.1780; on an album page with floral and blue borders, and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 128 by 70 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

499. Johnson 4,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,21
Title:
A nobleman seated on orange cushions
Scope & Content:
A nobleman on orange cushions. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 60 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the face and hands are uncoloured and are perhaps Mughal work of a slightly earlier date; on an album page with inner blue border and uncolou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

500. Johnson 42,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 42,1
Title:
Bhairava Raga. Artist(s): Ghulam Reza (fl.1780-1782)
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. Siva stands holding his trident and ‘damaru,’ an elephant-skin, tiger-skin, and snake about his waist, and a second snake about his top-knot from which flows the Ganges. By Ghulam Reza. 227 by 138 mm. Note: Described in the Persian inscription as ‘Raga Bhairon.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item