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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Johnson 1,23

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,23
Title:
Two musicians
Scope & Content:
Two musicians. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i mutarribha’ (a picture of musicians). Drawing; on an album page with mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 183 by 136 mm; page 492 by 370 mm. One musician kneels while looking at the sp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Johnson 20,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,3
Title:
Krishna playing to two gopis
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing to two gopis. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; mounted with pink-tinted border. 210 by 152 mm; page 294 by 205 mm. Krishna sits on a mound of mauve rock beneath a tree, playing his flute to two gopis and three cows. One of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

9. 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

10. Johnson 21,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 21,2
Title:
Girl playing a sitar
Scope & Content:
A girl playing a sitar. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 19 in Persian inventory note. Lightly tinted drawing with gold; mounted with a border of pale yellow paper; grey paper extensions. 175 by 118 mm; page 265 by 185 mm. The girl, facing right, is sho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item