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131. Johnson 7,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,5
Title:
Sufi dervishes exercising
Scope & Content:
Sufi dervishes exercising. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 50 in Persian inventory note. Lightly coloured drawing with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 196 by 124 mm; page 410 by 295 mm. Dervishes ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

132. Johnson 7,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,6
Title:
Mulla Shah in conversation
Scope & Content:
Mulla Shah in conversation. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 42 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 147 by 108 mm; page 413 by 294 mm. The mulla is seated with two other m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

133. Johnson 7,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,8
Title:
A mulla with disciple and visitors
Scope & Content:
A mulla with a disciple and visitors. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai fath chand’ (the work of Rai Fath Chand); numbered 63 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the picture has been altered and additions made, pro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

134. Johnson 7,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,9
Title:
A Sufi dervish
Scope & Content:
A Sufi dervish. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 34 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; on an album page with blue border decorated with gold, outer gilt-sprinkled border. 153 by 76 mm; page 414 by 287 mm. The dervish, fully bearded, stands with his han...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

135. Johnson 8,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,1
Title:
Prince watching bathers in a tank with numerous spectators of both sexes
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece to the poems of Sa‘di. Prince watching bathers in a tank, with numerous spectators of both sexes. Shiraz style, about c.1575. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 38.5 by 23.5 cm). The miniature is set in a splendid page of early sixteenth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

136. Johnson 8,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,2
Title:
Three ladies on a terrace
Scope & Content:
Three ladies on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold cartouche above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn’ (a picture of beauties); numbered 51 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue gilt-decorated border and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

137. Johnson 8,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,3
Title:
Author presenting a volume to a prince
Scope & Content:
An author presenting a volume to a prince. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with lines of text at top and bottom of the miniature obliterated with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border and undeco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

138. 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

139. Johnson 8,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,5
Title:
Idris instructing mankind in the art of weaving
Scope & Content:
Idris giving instruction to mankind in the art of weaving. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; an illustration from a manuscript with two lines of ‘nasta'liq’ text at top left corner, and two lines at bottom right corner...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

140. Johnson 8,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,6
Title:
Prince holding court and receiving gifts
Scope & Content:
A prince holding court and receiving gifts. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and gilt sprinkled borders. 224 by 134 mm; page 417 by 286 mm. Various courtiers bring a hawk, a covered dish, a volume and two cheetahs, whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 Item