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1. Johnson 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 38
Title:
Manuscript of the Karnama-i 'Ishq in Persian by Rai Anand Ram Mukhlis, with 36 miniatures, including portraits of the emperor Muhammad Shah and Itimad a-Daula Qamaruddin Khan. Artist(s): Govardhan (fl. 1730-40)
Scope & Content:
A manuscript of the romance in Persian ‘Karnama~i-ishq’ by Rai Anand Ram Mukhlis, written by the scribe Harkulall completed on 25 Safar AH 1148/17 July 1735. Illustrated with 36 contemporary Mughal miniatures. On the flyleaf is a note signed by the author dated AH 1151/AD1738-39 recording that...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1735
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 66,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,7
Title:
Shirin finds the body of Farhad
Scope & Content:
Shirin finds the body of Farhad. Farrukhabad, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and plain borders sprinkled with gold. Reverse: a ‘ragamala’ series. 225 by 159 mm; page 555 by 372 mm. Listed: Foster (1924), no.68. The bod...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

3. 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

4. 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

5. Johnson 55,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,4
Title:
Sohrab and Rustam
Scope & Content:
Sohrab and Rustam. Deccan, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; gold rules above and below in preparation for four text columns; on an album leaf with green and uncoloured paper borders. 157 by 104 mm; page 253 by 173 mm. Rustam bemoans the death of his son Sohrab, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

6. 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

7. Johnson 67,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,4
Title:
An assembly of animals and birds
Scope & Content:
An assembly of animals and birds. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman) - this inscription is unreliable; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note. Gouache; inner border of g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 56,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,19
Title:
Yusuf in the slave market
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of Yusuf in the slave market. Perhaps by the same hand as J.56, 9. The drawing falls into three horizontal sections. In the central section Yusuf, with large flaming halo, stands before a group of wrangling haggling purchasers; above is a small ‘‘iwan’ and a group of men, thre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

9. 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

10. Johnson 10,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,10
Title:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape. Deccan, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pink margin. 205 by 121 mm; page 378 by 250 mm. Reverse: a miniature of a lady enthroned. Laila and Majnun sit beneath a tree in a landscape filled with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item