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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Subject Cattle Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. Johnson 53,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,3
Title:
Two oxen locking horns Made of marbled paper, they each contain other animals including lions and deer.
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of two oxen locking horns. They are silhouetted in marbled paper upon which a number of other animals are drawn; one ox is outlined in black, and the other in gold. Qazwin style (or possibly Turkish): second half sixteenth century. 10 by 13 cm (page 29.5 by 19 cm). Marbled fra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1600-1650
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 63,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 63,2
Title:
Hackery pulled by two oxen
Scope & Content:
A hackery pulled by two oxen. Inscribed: ‘A Hickrie, the common conveyance of Gentoo & Malabar people who can afford to keep one’; in German: ‘Ein hiesiges Fahrzeug der vornehmen Schwarzen, dasz man Huckerie nennt’ (A local conveyancc of high class Blacks, which men call a hackery). Water-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1787
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 14,11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,11v
Title:
A runaway buffalo chased by its keeper
Scope & Content:
Runaway buffalo. Deccan, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Coloured drawing; on an album leaf with red border and blue margin. 78 by 155 mm; page 351 by 230 mm. Reverse: a painting of an angelic figure enthroned. A man sprints alongside a charging water buffalo and tries...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 54,45

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,45
Title:
The ox Shanzabah being pulled from the marsh, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The ox Shanzabah. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 196 by 122 mm; page 285 by 142 mm. A group of merchants are trying to pull an ox out of a marsh; four baggage oxen in foreground. From the story of the ox, Shanzabah (Eastwick (1854), chapter I, story IV, 84; IO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

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