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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Subject Animals

101. Johnson 54,38

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,38
Title:
The monkey and the turtles, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The monkey and the turtles. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 213 by 122 mm; page 216 by 130 mm. A monkey is up a tree dropping figs into the water as two turtles swim towards him in a river. From the story of the turtle who sought the friendship of a monkey (Eastwick (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

102. Johnson 54,41

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,41
Title:
The elephant and the moon's reflection , from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The elephant and the moon’s reflection. Panel of one line of text; overpainted and rebacked. 220 by 113 mm; page 222 by 122 mm. An elephant is bending down to touch the moon’s reflection in the water. Three other elephants look on. From the story of the clever hare who scared the king of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

103. Johnson 54,42

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,42
Title:
The holy man and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The holy man and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 231 by 125 mm; page 302 by 193 mm. A holy man is seated on a terrace with a woman; a servant approaches with a dish. From the story of the holy man who prays for the mouse, dropped at his feet by a kite, to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

104. Johnson 54,43

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,43
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 199 by 129 mm; page 200 by 131 mm. A buck is talking to a crow in a tree, as a tortoise dives into water and a mouse runs down a hole. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who became frien...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

105. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

106. Johnson 54,45

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,45
Title:
The ox Shanzabah being pulled from the marsh, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The ox Shanzabah. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 196 by 122 mm; page 285 by 142 mm. A group of merchants are trying to pull an ox out of a marsh; four baggage oxen in foreground. From the story of the ox, Shanzabah (Eastwick (1854), chapter I, story IV, 84; IO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

107. Johnson 54,46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,46
Title:
The rat and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The rat and the cat. Panel of nine lines of text; slightly overpainted and rebacked. 222 by 120 mm; page 300 by 188 mm. A cat is seen in a landscape with a small temple by a pond with two ducks swimming in the foreground. From the story of the rat who makes friends with a cat (Eastwick (1854...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

108. Johnson 67,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,11
Title:
Two elephants fighting
Scope & Content:
Two elephants fighting. Mughal, c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on border in Persian characters: ‘tasvir-i filan-i jangi, ‘amal-i humhar’ (a picture of fighting elephants, the work of Hunhar) - this attribution is unreliable. Gouache with gold; gilt-decorate...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

109. Johnson 67,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,12
Title:
A prince travelling by elephant
Scope & Content:
A prince travelling by elephant. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with light colouring (‘nim qalam)’; gilt-sprinkled borders. 180 by 100 mm; page 416 by 285 mm. The prince is seated in the howdah beneath a canopy with five of his attendants running on foo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

110. Johnson 67,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,15
Title:
Elephants in camp
Scope & Content:
Elephants in camp. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed incorrectly below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman); numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with gold; inner border of gilt decoration on blue, outer border tinted...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item