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831. Johnson 26,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,13
Title:
Aurangzeb
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and green borders. 180 by 116 mm; page 376 by 249 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; 18th century. Aurangzeb faces right, holding a stra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

832. Johnson 26,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,14
Title:
A Mughal commander
Scope & Content:
A Mughal commander. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pale blue and yellow borders. 211 by 153 mm; page 377 by 248 mm. Reverse: a specimen of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy in two sizes of script, including the first four ‘baits’ of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

833. Johnson 26,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,15
Title:
Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Deccan, c.1700-1750 Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with red, blue and pink borders. 180 by 100 mm; page 378 by 250 mm. Reverse:’ naskhi’ calligraphy dated AH[11]23 /AD1711. A Mughal nobleman, facing left, stands on grass ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1750
Extent:
1 Item

834. Johnson 26,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,16
Title:
Two nobleman
Scope & Content:
Two noblemen. Murshidabad, c1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with plain border. 231 by 191 mm; page 377 by 248 mm. Reverse: three ‘baits’ of a ‘qasidah’ written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy on a gold-decorated blue-green backgro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

835. Johnson 26,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,17
Title:
A noble boy
Scope & Content:
A noble boy. Deccan, c.1700-1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain borders. 103 by 72 mm; page 372 by 246 mm. A boy of noble family stands facing left with his hands folded wearing a gold coat ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1720
Extent:
1 Item

836. Johnson 26,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,18
Title:
Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman in seventeenth-century costume. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 2 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain borders. 177 by 98 mm; page 373 by 250 mm. A Mughal nobleman in a green coat with a fur colla...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

837. Johnson 26,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,19
Title:
Ikhlas Khan. Artist(s): Muhammad Khan (Bijapur, fl. c.1630-50), style of
Scope & Content:
Ikhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain borders. 132 by 90 mm; page 370 by 241 mm. The Abyssinian officer Ikhlas Khan is shown half-length facing right, wearing a blue j...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

838. Johnson 26,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,20
Title:
A ruler with courtiers. Artist(s): Muhammad Khan (Bijapur, fl. c.1630-50), style of
Scope & Content:
A ruler with courtiers. Style of Muhammad Khan, Bijapur, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with border of pink paper. 215 by 320 mm; page 377 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy on a marbled grou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 Item

839. Johnson 26,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,21
Title:
A ruler, probably Babur, holding court
Scope & Content:
A ruler, probably Babur, holding court. Mughal, c.1615. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. The inscriptions on the scroll and above the doorway behind the throne are pictorial and not legible. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with plain and pink borders. 173 by 120 mm; page 320...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1615
Extent:
1 Item

840. Johnson 27,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,10
Title:
Prince in camp, possibly Jahangir, receiving a picture from an artist
Scope & Content:
A prince in camp. Mughal (provincial), c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and plain borders. 223 by 146 mm; page 350 by 235 mm. Reverse: two baits written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ cal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item