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1. Johnson 1,1b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,1b
Title:
Hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing mounted with one other. 127 by 58 mm; page 485 by 330 mm. The hermit kneels outside his cave, his arms raised, a stream issuing from a lion-headed rock beside him. The figure of a prophet s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 1,5b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5b
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 134 by 78 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier, facing right, is standing holding up a document in his left hand, wearing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 1,5c

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5c
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 135 by 76 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier,in Aurangzeb period costume, stands facing left, holding a ‘talwa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 1,5d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,5d
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 133 by 79 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. A Mughal courtier, facing right, stands dressed in white Shah Jahan perio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 1,6c

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,6c
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier of the Akbar period. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 1,6d

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,6d
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background has been repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; page 490 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 2,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,8
Title:
A Mughal nobleman. Artist(s): Mir Muhammad (fl.c.1760-70) style of
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Style of Mir Muhammad, Lucknow or Faizabad, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 15 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir 1’5 (the price of [this] picture of an amir [is] 15). Gouache with gold; on an album lea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 2,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,9
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1660-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse); inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir 30’ (the price of this picture of an amir is 30). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with broad outer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 4,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,3
Title:
Dara Shikoh attending a debate between Miyan Mir and Mulla Shah
Scope & Content:
Dara Shikoh attending a debate between Miyan Mir and Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘Mulla Khwajah hasrat-i Miyan Mir; Shah Khwajah’; and:’ Dara Shikoh’ (these identifications have been erased from a lower position on t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 4,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,5
Title:
A Mughal prince with a musician. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90)
Scope & Content:
A young Mughal prince with a musician. By Hunhar, Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Hunhar’; Persian inventory note (not numbered); a Persian couplet written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy above the miniature translates: ‘Heaven said that...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item