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1. Johnson 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23
Title:
Total of 15 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits. The miniatures are not mounted as album leaves but in most cases have paper borders bringing them up to a uniform size.
Scope & Content:
Total of 15 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits. The miniatures are not mounted as album leaves but in most cases have paper borders bringing them up to a uniform size.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 23,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,1
Title:
A nobleman
Scope & Content:
A nobleman. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 17 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain paper border. 209 by 139 mm; page 261 by 178 mm. A neatly bearded and lightly pockmarked nobleman dressed in white stands in a fiel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 23,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,8
Title:
Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold, apparently unfinished; uncoloured background and border; margin extended on left. 245 by 157 mm; page 275 by 186 mm. A Mughal nobleman, facing right, stands in a field holding a pink flower, dre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 23,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,11
Title:
A nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1720-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘khan-i khanan valad-i bairam khan’ (Khan-i Khanan, son of Bairam Khan); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; on an album page with border of gold arabesqu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1720-1730
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 23,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,7
Title:
Muhammad Fazil
Scope & Content:
Muhammad Fazil. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i muhammad fazil ibn ‘abd al-rahim’ (portrait of Muhammad Fazil, son of ‘Abd al-Rahim); numbered 5 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache with gold; on an album...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 23,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,6
Title:
Qulich Khan Bahadur
Scope & Content:
Qulich Khan Bahadur (d.1686). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘in tasvir qulich khan bahadur’ (this [is] a portrait of Qulich Khan Bahadur). Gouache with gold; on an album page with narrow gold border and margin ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 23,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,10
Title:
Bhoj Raj of Jodhpur(?)
Scope & Content:
Bhoj Raj of Jodhpur(?). Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 43 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse in Persian; ‘bhoj raj ‘ammu-i mirza rajah’ (Bhoj Raj, maternal uncle of the Mirza Rajah); in nagari characters: ‘bhoj raj.’ Tinted drawing with gol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 23,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,12
Title:
Nazir Muzaffar Bijapuri
Scope & Content:
Nazir Muzaffar Bijapuri. Deccan, c.1700 (after a Bijapur original). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabih-i nazir muzaffar bijapuri’ (a likeness of Nazir Muzaffar of Bijapur); on reverse in nagari:’ nazar muzaffar bijapuri’; Persian inventory note (n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 23,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,5
Title:
Aurangzeb, head and shoulders portrait
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabih-i aurangzeb padshah’ (portrait of the emperor Aurangzeb); numbered 45 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with some gouache; on glazed paper or ‘charba’ which has turned brown; on an al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 23,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,4
Title:
'Aziz Khan Chaghata. Artist(s): Chhajmal (c.1690)
Scope & Content:
‘Aziz Khan Chaghata. Attributed to Chhajmal. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i sih o panj, salagi navab sahib vaqilah ‘aziz’ ‘khan bahadur chagta’ (picture thirty-five, the devotee Nawab Sahib Waqilah ‘Aziz Khan Bahadur Chaghata); numbered 49 i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item