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451. Johnson 47,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 47,7
Title:
Buddha avatar
Scope & Content:
Buddha avatar. 181 by 132 mm. A four-armed god sits beneath a canopy with two Brahmins kneeling on either side with manuscripts in their hands.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

452. Johnson 48,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,1
Title:
Matsya avatar ( the fish )
Scope & Content:
Matsya avatar (the Fish). Inscribed above in nagari:’ matsya’; on reverse: full page of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 225 by 152 mm. Visnu emerging from the jaws of a fish is acclaimed by four ‘rishis’ who stand at the water’s edge; the demon Hayagriva is vanquished beneath.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

453. Johnson 48,1, 6, 8 and 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,1, 6, 8 and 9
Title:
J.48,1, 6, 8 and 9 Four illustrations of the avatar’s’ of Visnu. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Pur ...
Scope & Content:
J.48,1, 6, 8 and 9 Four illustrations of the avatar’s’ of Visnu. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian descriptions of the subjects on the reverse of each album page. Coloured drawings; on album pages with gilt-sprinkled ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
4 items

454. Johnson 48,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,6
Title:
Parasurama avatar ( Rama with the axe )
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). Inscribed above in nagari:’ parasurama’; on reverse: five lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 222 by 151 mm. Rama uses his axe in battle with the thousand-armed Kartavirya.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

455. Johnson 48,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,8
Title:
Krishna avatar
Scope & Content:
Krishna avatar. Inscribed above in nagari:’ krishna’; on reverse: three lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing with some gouache and gold. 223 by 152 mm. Krishna killing Kansa; he has dragged the king forward by the hair ready to strike him with an elephant tusk; Balarama stands by a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

456. Johnson 48,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48,9
Title:
Buddha avatar
Scope & Content:
Buddha avatar. Inscribed above in nagari:’ buddha’; on reverse: six lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 224 by 142 mm. The Buddha shown as a bearded ascetic standing knee-deep in a pond, holds a document from which he is teaching four bearded disciples.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

457. Johnson 50,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,2
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. Mughal (provincial, perhaps Rajasthan), c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; yellow panel at top; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue and plain borders. 143 by 102 mm; page 244 by 172 mm. A blue-skinned woman wearing an orange bodi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

458. Johnson 50,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,3
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. Deccan, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 76 in Persian inventory note; identifying the subject as ‘Devgandhar.’ Gouache with gold. 243 by 168 mm. An ascetic sits on a leopard-skin outside a hut while a disciple plays the ‘sarangi’ to a buck a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

459. Johnson 50,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 50,4
Title:
Two women conversing
Scope & Content:
Two women conversing. Hyderabad, c.1740-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian with a couplet in which a beautiful woman is likened to the moon; priced in ‘raqam.’ Gouache with gold; border of green-stencilled paper. 215 by 150 mm; page 273 by 195 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1740-1750
Extent:
1 Item

460. Johnson 5,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,10
Title:
The gods in the Himalayas (marriage of Siva and Parvati?). Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
A ceremony at the foot of the Himalayas. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed on the picture with identifications in nagari characters:’ himalaya parvata’ (Himalaya mountains), ‘mahadeva brahma vishnu parvati himalaya mena.’ Drawing with water-colour on paper. 445 by 590 mm. Mahadeva (Siva) i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item