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41. Johnson 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27
Title:
Total of 19 leaves separately mounted of which 9 are Persian. The subjects all fall loosely into the category of court and genre scenes. The album leaves are of similar dimensions but are not of uniform design
Scope & Content:
Total of 19 leaves separately mounted of which 9 are Persian. The subjects all fall loosely into the category of court and genre scenes which include some illustrations of popular tales. The album leaves are of similar dimensions but are not of uniform design. Some of the Persian items clearl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

42. Johnson 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28
Title:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted of which 18 are Persian. The Persian items are mostly from a single album, probably of Bukhara origin, which could have found its way to the Deccan.
Scope & Content:
Total of 20 leaves separately mounted of which 18 are Persian. The Persian items are mostly from a single album, probably of Bukhara origin, which could have found its way to the Deccan. The two Indian pictures are not apparently included in the album on any logical basis.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

43. 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

44. Johnson 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 29
Title:
Album of calligraphic specimens
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. The 1830 catalogue gave a total of 20 leaves of which 19 are now extant. The missing leaf (4) is described in the 1830 catalogue as 'taken out'. All the leaves have specimens of Persian calligraphy, and in most cases clearly derive from the same albums as the Persian it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1500-1790
Extent:
1 Item

45. Johnson 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30
Title:
Total of 34 leaves separately mounted. All are ragamala illustrations with the exception of no.10; they are mostly on album leaves of uniform size and design and were clearly bound up as an album at one time.
Scope & Content:
Total of 34 leaves separately mounted. All are ‘ragamala’ illustrations with the exception of no.10 (misinterpreted as a ‘ragamala’ subject in the 1830 catalogue). Although the pictures originate from different ‘ragamala’ series, they are mostly on album leaves of uniform size and design and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

46. Johnson 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 31
Title:
Preserved as an album. Total of 32 charbas which have been mounted on album leaves in patterns of 6 in accordance with the ragamala subjects that they illustrate. The mounting was probably done by Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. Total of 32 ‘charbas’ which have been mounted on album leaves in patterns of 6 in accordance with the ‘ragamala’ subjects that they illustrate. The mounting was probably done by Johnson. To complete the ‘ragamala’ there should have been another 4 pictures, but these wer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

47. Johnson 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 32
Title:
Preserved as an album. Total of 36 ragamaia illustrations closely related to those of Album 31 and mounted in the same manner but with greater care, relating more closely to the style of mounting of the ragamala pictures of Album 66.
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. Total of 36 ‘ragamaia’ illustrations closely related to those of Album 31 and mounted in the same manner but with greater care, relating more closely to the style of mounting of the ‘ragamala’ pictures of Album 66. Rebound in modern red leather, probably in 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

48. Johnson 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33
Title:
Total of 34 ragamala illustrations separately mounted of which 8 pictures were later provided to make up an incomplete series.
Scope & Content:
Total of 34 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted of which 8 pictures were later provided to make up an incomplete series.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

49. Johnson 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 34
Title:
Total of 35 ragamala illustrations separately mounted from a series probably commissioned by Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Total of 35 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted from a series probably commissioned by Johnson. Originally there must have been a total of 36, but one was already missing when the 1830 catalogue was made.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

50. Johnson 3,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,5
Title:
Mughal warrior on horseback
Scope & Content:
Mughal warrior on horseback. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 58 in Persian inventory note; a damaged Persian inscription on the reverse names the warrior ‘Navab ‘Izzat’ ... ‘al-Daulah’ ... ‘allahi’ ... ‘Bahadur.’ Gouache with gold; on an album page with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item