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Container Reference (shelfmark) Johnson 10 Subject literary illustrations

1. Johnson 10,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,6
Title:
A scene at a well, a girl offering water to a horseman
Scope & Content:
Scene at a well. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin. 236 by 161 mm; page 378 by 248 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy. A girl offers water to a prince who has arrived at a well ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 10,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,9
Title:
Laila visiting Majnun
Scope & Content:
Laila visiting Majnun. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and pink margin. 200 by 125 mm; page 376 by 250 mm. Reverse: six lines of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy, signed (damaged): ‘Muhammad al-Sa‘i ...’; 18th century. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 10,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,10
Title:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape. Deccan, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pink margin. 205 by 121 mm; page 378 by 250 mm. Reverse: a miniature of a lady enthroned. Laila and Majnun sit beneath a tree in a landscape filled with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

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