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741. Johnson 67,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,1
Title:
Locust in landscape
Scope & Content:
A locust in a landscape. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; mounted above a study of a butterfly, on an album page; gold and gilt-sprinkled borders. 115 by 88 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. Seal of E.I.C. Library. Reproduced: Welch (1976), no.12; Losty and Leach...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

742. Johnson 67,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,2
Title:
Mughal nobleman out hawking
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman out hawking. Mughal, c.1660. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 25 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir’ ... (the price of this picture ... ). Gouache; inner blue border with gold floral arabesques, outer orange border ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1660
Extent:
1 Item

743. Johnson 67,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,3
Title:
Prince hawking with an attendant in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A prince hawking. Golconda, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner border of gold arabesques and blue margin flecked with gold. 296 by 220 mm; page 400 by 285 mm. Reproduced: W.G. Archer (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

744. Johnson 67,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,4
Title:
An assembly of animals and birds
Scope & Content:
An assembly of animals and birds. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman) - this inscription is unreliable; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note. Gouache; inner border of g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

745. Johnson 67,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,5
Title:
A nilgai
Scope & Content:
A nilgai. Mughal, c.1625. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 19 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; the clouds are a later addition; inner border of gilt flowers, outer border sprinkled with gold on a plain ground. 143 by 86 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. A blue bull stands fac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 Item

746. Johnson 67,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,6
Title:
A hunting cheetah on a bullock -cart
Scope & Content:
A hunting cheetah on a bullock-cart. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; inner gilt floral border, outer border giltsprinkled on a plain ground. 73 by 118 mm; page 415 by 2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

747. Johnson 67,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,7
Title:
A cheetah on a cart
Scope & Content:
A cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (written twice); inscribed beneath: ‘‘amal-i ram’ (?) ‘das’ (the work of Ram Das). Lightly coloured drawing; on both sides are gilt floral inner borders with plain outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

748. Johnson 67,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,8
Title:
Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Layla wa Majnun’ of Nizami: Majnun offering to ransom the fawn caught in the huntsman's trap. Tabriz style, mid sixteenth century. 10 by 11cm (page 40.5 by 28 cm). The miniature has been somewhat trimmed down from its original size and there is very slight...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 Item

749. Johnson 67,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,9
Title:
A keeper with a pair of deer
Scope & Content:
A keeper with a pair of deer. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; flowers in foreground repainted; undecorated borders sprinkled with gold. 138 by 92 mm; page 413 by 280 mm. Reproduced: Pinder-Wilson (1976), no.134. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

750. 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