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

311. Johnson 27,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,7
Title:
A prince entertained by girls and musicians
Scope & Content:
A prince entertained. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled borders of blue and yellow. 208 by 111 mm; page 328 by 233 mm. Aprince, possibly Bahram Gur, sits in a garden pavilion with a princess and numerous gir...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

312. Johnson 27,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,8
Title:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling
Scope & Content:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note on slip on paper above (not numbered). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; a fragment of an illustration from a manuscript; on an ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

313. Johnson 27,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,9
Title:
Humayun (1530-40, 1555-6) receiving courtiers
Scope & Content:
The emperor Humayun (1530-56) receiving courtiers. Mughal, c.1570-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 41 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold on cotton; on an album leaf with a border made up of five ‘baits’ of’ masnavi’ verse in ‘nasta'liq’; outer blue margin d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1570-1580
Extent:
1 Item

314. Johnson 28,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,1
Title:
A seated dervish
Scope & Content:
A seated dervish. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Tinted drawing; background and frame completed in gouache perhaps rather later than the drawing; on an album page with plain borders. 73 by 73 mm; page 367 by 244 mm. A der...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1782
Extent:
1 Item

315. 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

316. Johnson 28,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,3
Title:
Young man seated against a flowering tree. Artist(s): Muhammadi, style of (c.1590-1600)
Scope & Content:
Young man seated against a flowering tree. Plain background. Style of Muhammadi. Despite flaking of the face, this is a fine piece of work and might almost be by Muhammadi. c.1575. 17.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated upper corners and frame. 'Pastoral' margins as in J.28, 14. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

317. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

318. Johnson 28,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,5
Title:
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

319. Johnson 28,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,6
Title:
Young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting:young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers and dervishes. Green foreground, gold behind, with finely painted ‘chinar’ tree. In this miniature, the Bukhara style shows influence from the work being done at Herat by Shah Qasim and his followers. Late...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

320. Johnson 28,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,7
Title:
Mounted prince with two attendants, one with a hawk, the other with fruit and a bottle
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: mounted prince and two attendants, one holding his hawk and the other a dish of fruit and a bottle. In the foreground a horse and a mule. Plain background. Two couplets of verse in the upper part of the miniature. The prince's face has been retouched in India. Some flaki...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item