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

781. Johnson 13,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,13
Title:
A lady with a rose
Scope & Content:
A lady with a rose. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and yellow margin. 159 by 122 mm; page 377 by 250 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; signed by Ratan Singh; 18th century. The lady ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

782. Johnson 13,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,14
Title:
A girl dressed as a yogini
Scope & Content:
A girl dressed as a yogini. Deccan, c.1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and pale blue margin. 127 by 83 mm; page 379 by 250 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy headed by a ‘‘Bism Allah’’; signed: ‘Mahbub al-‘Alam ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

783. Johnson 13,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,15
Title:
A girl at her toilet
Scope & Content:
A girl at her toilet. Deccan, c.1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue border and pink margin. 173 by 102 mm; page 375 by 240 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy written diagonally and vertically; 18th century. A girl sta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

784. Johnson 14,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,10
Title:
Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, after an engraving by Dürer. Artist(s): Durer, Albrecht ( 1471-1528), after
Scope & Content:
The Virgin Mary. Deccan, c.1700 (after an engraving by Albrecht Dürer). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘bibi mariam va hazrat-i ‘isa’ (the lady Mary and the Lord Jesus). Drawing with colour; on an album page with gold arabesque border and gilt-sprink...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

785. Johnson 14,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,11
Title:
An angelic figure being carried on a throne by a demon
Scope & Content:
An angelic figure. Deccan, c.1650-1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated and green borders and a grey-washed margin. 108 by 42 mm; page 351 by 230 mm. Reverse: a drawing of a man with a buffalo. An angelic figure dressed i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1700
Extent:
1 Item

786. 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

787. Johnson 14,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,12
Title:
Calligraphic specimen
Scope & Content:
Calligraphic specimen
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1790
Extent:
1 Item

788. Johnson 15,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,10
Title:
A lady visiting yogis and yoginis. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting yogis and yoginis. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 47 in Persian inventory note; the note was repeated at the top of the border, but is now obliterated. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and oxidised ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

789. Johnson 18,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,10
Title:
'Ali Adil Shah II (1656-72)
Scope & Content:
‘Ali ‘Adil Shah II of Bijapur (1656-72). Bijapur, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 9 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 116 by 98 mm; page 372 by 252 mm. ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah II of Bijapur, facing half left...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

790. Johnson 18,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,11
Title:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse. Mughal, c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on the background in Persian (in the same unreliable hand as J.16,1 and J.64,40): ‘kar-i usta[d] modi’ (the work of Ustad Modi); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item