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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Subject Musicians

11. Johnson 4,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,16
Title:
A musician playing the cymbals
Scope & Content:
A musician. Mughal, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 53 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; probably a fragment of a larger picture, set on a field of painted floral decoration executed at Lucknow, c.1780; on an album page with gold-decorated blue borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

12. Johnson 56,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,4
Title:
Standing prince playing the sitar. In Bokharan style, but possibly Mughal/Akbar.
Scope & Content:
Standing prince playing the ‘sitar.’ Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 14 by 7 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated frame, upper corner-pieces and side-pieces. Margins as J.56, 5. On reverse, illuminated ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Mir ‘Ali.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

13. Johnson 11,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,15
Title:
A girl playing a vina
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a vina. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Deccan, c.1680. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated pink and blue borders, and a yellow margin decorated with a leaf motif. 133 by 80 mm; page 319 by 214 mm. Reverse: a floral design. E.I.C. Libr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

14. Johnson 18,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,17
Title:
A youthful musician playing the vina. Artist(s): Bhoj Raj, Rai (fl. 1770)
Scope & Content:
A youthful musician. Attributed to Rai Bhoj Raj, Mughal, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rai bhoj raj musavvir’ (the work of the painter Rai Bhoj Raj); numbered 32 in Persian inventory note. Tinted drawing, the background coloured in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

15. Johnson 28,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,15
Title:
Youth brandishing a spade while an old beggar plays on a pipe.
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a youth brandishing a spade whilst an old beggar plays on a pipe. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 12 by 7.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated corner-pieces and border: a line of large ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy above and below. Plain margins with symmetrical designs in gol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

16. Johnson 45,39

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,39
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; gold and pink paper borders. 184 by 135 mm; page 282 by 203 mm. Krishna stands on a rock under a tree playing his flute to a peacock and cattle. A gopi kneels in worship on the rig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

17. Johnson 45,40

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,40
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; oval; gold and pink paper borders. 140 by 103 mm; page 281 by 190 mm. Krishna stands beneath a tree playing his flute to caparisoned oxen and a gopi, who waves a ‘chauri.’ He has f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

18. 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

19. Johnson 60,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,20
Title:
A girl playing the tambura
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a tambur. Murshidabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered ); inscribed: ‘qaimat yek rupiya’ (the price [is] one rupee). Gouache; mounted on paper. 142 by 77 mm; page 190 by 120 mm. A girl, facing right, sits playing a ‘t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item