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Container Reference (shelfmark) Johnson 18 Subject Portraits

1. Johnson 18,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,1
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; mounted within the text-space of the left half of a double-page heading of a 16th century Persian manuscript, illuminated in colours and gold with blue ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 18,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,2
Title:
Akbar (1556-1605) enthroned
Scope & Content:
Akbar enthroned. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with mauve outer margins. 229 by 149 mm; page 379 by 254 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Ghulam Rasul; dated year 29 (perhaps fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 18,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,3
Title:
Farrukh Siyyar
Scope & Content:
Farrukh Siyyar. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and fawn borders. 215 by 120 mm; page 379 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Aziz Allah, 18th century. Farrukh Siyyar ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 18,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,5
Title:
Farrukh Siyyar receiving Hussain 'Ali Khan
Scope & Content:
Farrukh Siyyar receiving Husain ‘Ali Khan (d.1720). Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘farrukh siyyar padshah ma‘a vazir husain ‘ali khan’ (the emperor Farrukh Siyyar with ‘vazir’ Husain Ali Khan); numbered 21 in Persian inventory note...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 18,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,6
Title:
Shah Shuja', head and shoulders portrait
Scope & Content:
Shah Shuja‘. Mughal, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shah shuja‘‘ with a couplet: ‘kasi ra dar jahan az vai khabar nist / mara zin bish agahi digar nist’ (literally: There is not news of him to anybody in the world / To me nothing is more d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1640-1650
Extent:
1 Item

6. 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

7. Johnson 18,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,12
Title:
Khan Jahan Bahadur. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90)
Scope & Content:
Khan Jahan Bahadur(d.1697). By Hunhar, Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabih-i khan jahan bahadur’ (portrait of Khan Jahan Bahadur); numbered 34 in Persian inventory note; inscribed below: ‘‘amal-i hunhar’ (the work of Hunhar) with fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 18,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,15
Title:
Jaswant Singh I, Raja of Jodhpur (1638-78), misidentified as the Mota Raja. i.e. Rao Udai Singh of Jodhpur (1583-95).
Scope & Content:
Rao Udai Singh of Jodhpur, the Mota Raja (1583-94). Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i mota’ ... (portrait of Mota ... (part obliterated)); numbered 26 in Persian inventory note; on reverse in nagari:’ mota raja’ (literally ‘port...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 18,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,16
Title:
Sayyid Muzaffar Khan
Scope & Content:
Sayyid Muzaffar Khan. Deccan, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘Sayyid Khan Jahan’; above: ‘‘amal-i chhatta’r’ muni’ (the work of Chhattar Muni); numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with coloured and marble...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 18,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,18
Title:
Zain Khan Kokah
Scope & Content:
Zain Khan Kokah (d.1601). Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed along left edge in Persian in a hand which is probably that of Jahangir: ‘shabih-i zain khan kokah bama’l khan ‘inayat shuda’ (a likeness of Zain Khan Kokah ...) - an ambiguous inscription, but cou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item