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Project / Collection Johnson Collection Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Name Akbar I, Mughal emperor of India, 1542-1605, http://isni.org/isni/000000...

1. Johnson 8,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,4
Title:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease, scene from the Akbar-nama
Scope & Content:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain border and modern extensions of grey paper. 306 by 185 mm; page 416 by 295 mm. Reproduced: Ashton (1950), no.672, pl.130; W.G. Archer (1960), pl....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
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 62,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 62,4
Title:
The Mughal emperor Akbar
Scope & Content:
The Mughal emperor Akbar. Murshidabad, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Auckber Batsane’ (Akbar Badshah). Gouache; red and blue borders. 202 by 107 mm; page 234 by 138 mm. Akbar stands facing left, wearing an orange jama and turban trimmed with go...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 64,38

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,38
Title:
Timur enthroned with descendants: Babur, Humayun, Akbar and Jahangir enthroned, with the poet Sa'di on the left and an attendant on the right. Artist(s): Hashim (fl.1640-1650)
Scope & Content:
The emperor Timur enthroned with his descendants. By Hashim, Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Signed on throne in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i hashim’ (the work of Hashim); inscribed in the foreground with the emperors’ names: ‘Jahangir, Humayun, Babur, Akbar’ and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item