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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection Subject Portraits

121. Johnson 26,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,11
Title:
Aurangzeb before a window
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb before a window. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing, on an album leaf with blue and pink borders. 223 by 145 mm; page 377 by 248 mm. Reverse: a page of 14 lines of ‘masnavi’ verse with gilt decoration; dated AH1158/AD1745. Aurangzeb kneels...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

122. Johnson 26,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,12
Title:
A Mughal prince
Scope & Content:
A Mughal prince. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and pink borders. 185 by 104 mm; page 376 by 247 mm. Reverse: two ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ poem written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’; signed by Muhammad Hadi al-Husaini Faz...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

123. Johnson 26,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,13
Title:
Aurangzeb
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and green borders. 180 by 116 mm; page 376 by 249 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; 18th century. Aurangzeb faces right, holding a stra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

124. Johnson 26,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 26,19
Title:
Ikhlas Khan. Artist(s): Muhammad Khan (Bijapur, fl. c.1630-50), style of
Scope & Content:
Ikhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain borders. 132 by 90 mm; page 370 by 241 mm. The Abyssinian officer Ikhlas Khan is shown half-length facing right, wearing a blue j...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

125. Johnson 58,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,11
Title:
Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan
Scope & Content:
Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan(?). Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i asaf khan khan-i khanan’ ...’ ‘alamgir padshah’ (a likeness of Asaf Khan Khan-i Khanan [of the time of] the emperor ‘Alamgir); numbered 9 in Persian inventory not...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

126. Johnson 58,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,12
Title:
Six named Muslim divines seated in discussion
Scope & Content:
Muslim divines. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian with names as below; numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Unfinished drawing with slight colouring in places; backed with Whatman paper watermarked 1808; paper extensions at sides. 248 by 148...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

127. Johnson 58,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,13
Title:
Iraj Khan. Artist(s): Muhammad Reza (fl. c.1680)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Iraj Khan. By Muhammad Reza, Golconda, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i iraj khan, amal-i Muhammad reza shakrad’(?) [‘shagirad-i?’] ‘nadir zaman’ (a likeness of Iraj Khan, the work of Muhammad Reza ... [pupil of?] Nadir Zam...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

128. Johnson 58,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,16
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i Shah Jahan padshah’ (a likeness of the emperor Shah Jahan); identification repeated in Hindi on reverse; numbered 68 in Persian inventory note. Gouache on blue-green paper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

129. Johnson 58,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,17
Title:
The emperor Humayun
Scope & Content:
The emperor Humayun. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; unfinished; on paper with plain border. 205 by 125 mm; page 255 by 170 mm. The emperor Humayun kneels on a mat by a rivulet holding a ‘sarpesh’ in his left hand. He is dressed in red, with a green h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

130. Johnson 58,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,18
Title:
Mirza Shah Rukh. Artist(s): Miskin Muhammad (fl.c.1775-80)
Scope & Content:
Mirza Shah Rukh (d.1607). By Miskin Muhammad, Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian characters; ‘mirza shah rukh amal-i miskin muhammad’ (Mirza Shah Rukh, the work of Miskin Muhammad); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; unco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item