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1. Johnson 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27
Title:
Total of 19 leaves separately mounted of which 9 are Persian. The subjects all fall loosely into the category of court and genre scenes. The album leaves are of similar dimensions but are not of uniform design
Scope & Content:
Total of 19 leaves separately mounted of which 9 are Persian. The subjects all fall loosely into the category of court and genre scenes which include some illustrations of popular tales. The album leaves are of similar dimensions but are not of uniform design. Some of the Persian items clearl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 27,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,16
Title:
An entertainment in a courtyard
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: an entertainment in a courtyard. Eight male figures and three ladies looking down from a balcony. In the immediate foreground are two small unpainted areas suggesting the silhouettes of two confronted birds. Somewhat rubbed. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 27,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,2
Title:
King consulting with a minister
Scope & Content:
A king consulting with a minister. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with a couplet at the top and bottom of the miniature; on an album leaf with blue and plain borders. 17...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 27,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,4
Title:
Prince with ladies
Scope & Content:
A prince with ladies. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘28’ on border of reverse. Gouache with gold; on a 17th-century Mughal album leaf with gilt-decorated borders and a margin decorated in gold with elephants and hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 27,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,5
Title:
Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies. Yusuf's head and some of the ladies' faces have been retouched in India. The scene is in a garden with ornamental pool and runnels divided from a golden hillside by a scarlet fence. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 27,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,1
Title:
Princess playing to a prince
Scope & Content:
A princess playing to a prince. Golconda, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse with Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with two couplets of text at the top of the miniature; on an album leaf with pl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 27,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,11
Title:
Prince resting in the hunting field
Scope & Content:
A prince resting in the hunting field. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with blue and plain borders. 221 by 128 mm; page 336 by 230 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 27,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,18
Title:
A young mounted huntsman shooting a wild ass
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: a young mounted huntsman shooting a wild ass. Plain background dotted with flowers. Slightly rubbed. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 10 by 7 cm (page 36 by 21.5 cm). Decorated patchwork frame: plain margins with medallions and floral scrolls in gold. At t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 27,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,3
Title:
Prince visiting hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A prince visiting a hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note; numbered 27 on border. Gouache with gold; on a 17th-century Mughal album leaf with gilt-decorated borders and a margin decorated in gold with animals ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 27,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,6
Title:
Two young men with a led horse
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: two young men with a led horse. The one on the right appears to be a prince with an aigrette in his turban; the other is a groom or running footman wearing an elaborately plumed fur-edged cap and carrying an axe. A trifle rubbed and discoloured, but good work. Bukhara styl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item