An emperor. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner gold-decorated.blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 161 by 87 mm; page 415 by 290 mm. An emperor, probably der...
Asaf Khan (d.1641). Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabih-i asaf jah pidar-i nur jahan begum’ (a likeness of Asaf Jah, father of Nur Jahan Begum); numbered 22 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; gouache and gold added at Lucknow, c....
The artist Dal Chand. Artist(s): Mohan Singh (fl.c.1780-82)
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The artist Rai Dal Chand. By Mohan Singh, Lucknow, c.1780-85 (after a mid-18th-century Mughal original). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabeh-i rai dal chand musavvir’ (a likeness of the artist Rai Dal Chand); beneath: ‘‘amal-i mohan singh’ (the wo...
A raja. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top and on reverse in Persian: ‘Raja Birbadar’; numbered 24 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; uncoloured paper border with rules in black and gold. 192 by 104 mm; page 252 by 149 mm. A raja, identified as R...
‘Aziz Khan Chaghata. Mughal, c.1680-85. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 28 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with gouache. 227 by 148 mm. ‘Aziz Khan Chaghata (Ali (1966), 235) is shown head and shoulders, facing left, fully but neatly bearded, wearing a white turban.
Mu‘azzim Khan Khan-i Khanan Mir Jumla. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabeh-i mu‘azzim khan khan-i khanan mir jumla haidari’ (a likeness of Mu‘azzim Khan Khan-i Khanan Mir Jumla Haidari); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Dra...
Allahvardi Khan (d.1659). Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabeh-i allahvardi khan kalan shah jahani’ (a likeness of Allahvardi Khan Kalan [in the service of] Shah Jahan); numbered 16 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; yellow-ti...
Prince Muhammad Mu‘azzim (Later Bahadur Shah I). Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shahzadah’ ... ‘Muhammad Mu‘azzim’ (Prince ... Muhammad Mu‘azzim); in English: ‘Prince Muhammad Muazim’; Persian inventory note (not numbered). Drawing ...
Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur (d.1748). Oudh, c.1770-80, traced from an earlier Mughal version. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian characters: ‘tasvir-i nawab ‘Itimad ud-daula bahadur’ ... (a likeness of Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur ... ). ‘Charba...
‘Aziz Khan Chaghata. Oudh, c.1770-80, traced from an earlier Mughal version. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i navab sahib vaqilah khudaigan ‘aziz khan bahadur chaghata’ (a likeness of Nawab Sahib Waqilah Khudaigan ‘Aziz Khan Bahadur Chaghata);...