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31. Johnson 10,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,6
Title:
A scene at a well, a girl offering water to a horseman
Scope & Content:
Scene at a well. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin. 236 by 161 mm; page 378 by 248 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy. A girl offers water to a prince who has arrived at a well ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

32. Johnson 10,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,9
Title:
Laila visiting Majnun
Scope & Content:
Laila visiting Majnun. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and pink margin. 200 by 125 mm; page 376 by 250 mm. Reverse: six lines of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy, signed (damaged): ‘Muhammad al-Sa‘i ...’; 18th century. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

33. Johnson 12,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12,5
Title:
Illustration to a romance: a royal archer, with sleeping companions
Scope & Content:
Illustration to a romance. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 31 in Persian inventory note; inscribed in Persian on a slip of paper pasted to the reverse: ‘tasvir-i hasan u savaran u luban’ (?) (a picture of Hasan and the horsemen ... (?). Gouache with g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

34. Johnson 15,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,5
Title:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval
Scope & Content:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 45 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with border and margin in shades of brown and pink. 235 by 156 mm; page 441 by 294 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

35. Johnson 15,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,6
Title:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval
Scope & Content:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled plain margin. 221 by 147 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. Sohni swims across the riv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

36. Johnson 15,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,7
Title:
Night scene at a forest dwelling. Artist(s): Aqil Khan (fl. 1760)
Scope & Content:
Night scene at a forest dwelling. By ‘Aqil Khan, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Signed above doorway in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ‘aqil khan’ (the work of ‘Aqil Khan); inscribed incorrectly on border beneath: ‘amal-i muhammad faqirullah khan’ (the work of Muhammad Faqiru...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

37. Johnson 22,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,9
Title:
Bearded man riding an emaciated horse
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a bearded man riding an emaciated horse. Qazwin style; mid sixteenth century. 15.5 by 9 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Paper slightly stained. On reverse, ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Nasr al-Din ‘Ali, with illuminated upper corner. Margins decorated with arabesque medallions and floral ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 Item

38. Johnson 27,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,5
Title:
Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies. Yusuf's head and some of the ladies' faces have been retouched in India. The scene is in a garden with ornamental pool and runnels divided from a golden hillside by a scarlet fence. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

39. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

40. Johnson 28,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,5
Title:
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item