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91. Johnson 4,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,21
Title:
A nobleman seated on orange cushions
Scope & Content:
A nobleman on orange cushions. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 60 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the face and hands are uncoloured and are perhaps Mughal work of a slightly earlier date; on an album page with inner blue border and uncolou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

92. Johnson 55,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,2
Title:
An old ascetic
Scope & Content:
An old ascetic. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note. Coloured drawing with some gouache; gilt ‘hashiya’ and uncoloured paper border. 149 by 145 mm; page 252 by 180 mm. An aged bearded ascetic, seated on a tiger-skin beneath a tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

93. Johnson 67,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,9
Title:
A keeper with a pair of deer
Scope & Content:
A keeper with a pair of deer. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; flowers in foreground repainted; undecorated borders sprinkled with gold. 138 by 92 mm; page 413 by 280 mm. Reproduced: Pinder-Wilson (1976), no.134. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

94. Johnson 18,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,11
Title:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman riding a dappled horse. Mughal, c.1620-30. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on the background in Persian (in the same unreliable hand as J.16,1 and J.64,40): ‘kar-i usta[d] modi’ (the work of Ustad Modi); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

95. Johnson 44,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44,37
Title:
Nata Ragini
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. A party of acrobats have set up a tight-rope on which two girls walk towards one another: one is dressed as a sweeper to the feigned astonishment of the other who carries water-pots upon her head. Their companions beneath beat drums and express encouragement. Note: The red inscri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

96. Johnson 60,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,10
Title:
Mulla Shah
Scope & Content:
Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache; modern card border. 182 by 88 mm; page 204 by 109 mm. The mulla, his full beard turning grey, stands facing right holding his hands behind his back...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

97. Johnson 45,22

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,22
Title:
Princes
Scope & Content:
Princes. 96 by 130 mm. An assembly of princes, one of them beheaded, and demons on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

98. 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

99. 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

100. Johnson 25,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 25,1
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of a man
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a nobleman. Bijapur, c.1660-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner gold floral border; pink and brick-red borders enclosing two panels of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy making up four lines of verse; plain outer ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1660-1680
Extent:
1 Item