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1. Johnson 56

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56
Title:
Total of 21 leaves separately mounted of which one is calligraphy (no. 2), 17 are Persian and 3 Indian. With one exception the Persian leaves originated from the same album.
Scope & Content:
Total of 21 leaves separately mounted of which one is calligraphy (no. 2), 17 are Persian and 3 Indian. With one exception the Persian leaves originated from the same album.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 56,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,2
Title:
Calligraphic sepcimen
Scope & Content:
Calligraphic sepcimen
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1600-1790
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 56,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,8
Title:
Youth kneeling before a standing girl
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: youth kneeling before a standing girl. The two figures are on a carpet in a garden through which a stream flows. This is divided by a fence from a golden hillside with flowering trees and cypress. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 12 by 5.5 cm (page 24.5 by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 56,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,13
Title:
Two youths duelling
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of two youths duelling. Both carry drawn swords: the one on the right has a shield in his left hand, the one on the left, a rolled-up coat. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 9 by 11.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Half-medallions of illumination at the edges and illuminated p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 56,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,16
Title:
A musical entertainment in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 56,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,1
Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati on horseback
Scope & Content:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Khosh-khat may’(?)’/Tasvir 20.’ Gouache; on an album leaf with pink-tinted and uncoloured paper borders. 70 by 112 mm; page 240 by 167 mm. Reverse: a design of a flowering plant wit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 56,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,14
Title:
Young dervish and seated youth
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a young dervish and seated youth. The young dervish is an inferior version of J.28, 14, and the style of both figures is that of Muhammadi but with hesitant drawing and colour somewhat roughly applied. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century (but possibly executed at Bukhara: th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 56,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,17
Title:
Drunkard under a tree
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a drunken man under a tree. His eyes are closed, he has discarded his slippers and waves his arms, the hands hidden in the sleeves: the tree is a plane, the trunk and upper branches lopped. Qazwin style: second half sixteenth century. 14 by 9.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 56,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,19
Title:
Yusuf in the slave market
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of Yusuf in the slave market. Perhaps by the same hand as J.56, 9. The drawing falls into three horizontal sections. In the central section Yusuf, with large flaming halo, stands before a group of wrangling haggling purchasers; above is a small ‘‘iwan’ and a group of men, thre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 56,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,7
Title:
A youth holding a bottle and cup
Scope & Content:
A youth. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. A Persian inscription on the foreground has been altered, ending: ... ‘lian shikoh’(?). Gouache; on an album leaf with tinted paper borders trimmed at top and bottom. 171 by 76 mm; page 241 by 167 mm. Reverse: a blue pan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

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