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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 18,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,4
Title:
A princely youth dressed in lilac
Scope & Content:
A princely youth dressed in lilac. Mughal, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed incorrectly in Persian: ‘shabih-i khurd sal akbar padshah’ (a portrait of the emperor Akbar in youth). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and lilac borders. 153 by 69 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

4. 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

5. Johnson 18,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,7
Title:
A young prince
Scope & Content:
A young prince. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: erased inscription. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn border and uncoloured margin. 189 by 121 mm; page 372 by 247 mm. A young prince dressed in a ful...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 18,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,9
Title:
A boy
Scope & Content:
A boy. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 152 by 86 mm; page 372 by 251 mm. A boy, facing right, stands in a field with his hands folded, dressed in a dark green...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

7. 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

8. 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

9. Johnson 18,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,13
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 243 by 177 mm; page 375 by 253 mm. A lightly bearded Mughal nobleman rides a prancing chestnut stallion to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 18,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,14
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Deccan, c.1700-1750 Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 4 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album pege with fawn and plain borders. 180 by 105 mm; page 371 by 252 mm. A Mughal courtier wearing a white jama decorated with pink tulips st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1750
Extent:
1 Item