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1. Johnson 18,17v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,17v
Title:
A pink tulip
Scope & Content:
A pink tulip. Mughal, c.1660. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘gujari’ (referring to the recto). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-sprinkled pink border and pale yellow outer margin. 139 by 79 mm; page 376 by 254 mm. Reverse: a miniature...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1660
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 53,3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,3v
Title:
Flowering plant
Scope & Content:
A flowering plant. Deccan, c.1700-1720. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i shir dakan’ (a Deccan picture of a lion) - referring to the lion in the marbled picture on the other side of the page; price in ‘raqam’; on reverse: Persian inventory not...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1720
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 11,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,8
Title:
A lady holding a lotus flower
Scope & Content:
A lady holding a lotus flower. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album page with inner blue border with gold flowers, and undecorated outer borders. 156 by 78 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. A lady stands facing left holding a lotus with a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 22,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,1
Title:
A sheet of floral designs
Scope & Content:
A sheet of floral designs. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on paper; backing-paper added. 250 by 206 mm; page 345 by 225 mm. A sheet of designs for floral motifs as used for border designs on album pages, or on the lacquered bindings of ‘...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 60,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,21
Title:
A girl holding a pot of flowers
Scope & Content:
A girl holding a pot of flowers. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 36 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; uncoloured paper border. 130 by 81 mm; page 184 by 124 mm. A girl, shown three-quarter length above a terrace wall, is holding a gold pot of flower...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 9,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,9
Title:
A girl holding a lotus
Scope & Content:
A girl. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated blue border and plain outer margin. 158 by 80 mm; page 412 by 285 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta’liq’ calligraphy by Muhammad Hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 12,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12,3
Title:
A lady holding a rose
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 21 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘16’ on picture and border; inscribed twice on reverse: ‘yek tasvir, tasvir-i husn’ ... (one picture, a picture of beauty ... ). Gouache with gold; on an album page with borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 13,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,5
Title:
A lady holding a flower
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing, on an album page with coloured borders sprinkled with gold. 63 by 48 mm; page 332 by 229 mm. Reproduced: Bussagli (1966), pl.32; Hambly (1968), fig.19. A lady faces half right, holding a flower and wearing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 56,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,3
Title:
Seated youth with spray of flowers.
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a seated youth with spray of flowers. Competent, but rather hard drawing. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 13 by 6.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated corner-pieces and frame: margins lightly tinted with flowers. On reverse, ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Mir Husayn ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 11,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,19
Title:
A lady holding a rose
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; oval; on an album page with pink and blue borders and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 91 by 73 mm; page 334 by 223 mm. The lady faces left, half-length, wearing a Mughal hat with a bird brooch, holdi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item