A courtier. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with a little gilt and colour; laid down on paper. 134 by 111 mm; page 184 by 118 mm. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.XLVIIIb. The courtier with full black beard kneels facing left, holding a pink flower in ...
Female ascetic with disciples. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album leaf with red border and pink margin. 212 by 151 mm; page 380 by 250 mm. Reverse: three lines of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy with the signature of Mulla Muhammad Mumin; a decorated head...
A girl. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i nur jahan begam’ (portrait of Nur Jahan Begam). Gouache with gold; oval, with a painted red frame probably done at Lucknow, c.1780; silver-sprinkled border; paper extensions at edg...
A lady. Rajasthan, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border enclosing six ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ poem written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; outer margin of trellis flower-head pattern in gold. 132 by 76 mm; page...