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1. Johnson 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20
Title:
Total of 5 leaves separately mounted. The leaves are from different sources and are of different sizes. All except no. 5 concern girls and ladies.
Scope & Content:
Total of 5 leaves separately mounted. The leaves are from different sources and are of different sizes. All except no. 5 concern girls and ladies.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 20,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,3
Title:
Krishna playing to two gopis
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing to two gopis. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; mounted with pink-tinted border. 210 by 152 mm; page 294 by 205 mm. Krishna sits on a mound of mauve rock beneath a tree, playing his flute to two gopis and three cows. One of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 20,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,4
Title:
A girl holding a firework
Scope & Content:
A girl holding a firework. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; mounted with an inner gold-decorated border and a margin of plain paper. 133 by 87 mm; page 192 by 133 mm. A girl stands on a terrace at night holding a firework in her right hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 20,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,5
Title:
Nata Ragini (a horseman in combat with foot-soldiers)
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold on picture in Persian numerals: ‘53’. Gouache with gold; mounted with borders of blue and pink paper; backed with European paper by the Library. 104 by 71 mm; page 162 by 130 mm, extended to 303 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 20,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,1
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine. Artist(s): Maharai (fl.c.1750)
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting a shrine. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note; inscribed below: ‘‘amal-i maharai musavvir’ (the work of the painter Maharai). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and pale yellow borders. 242 by 138 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

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