An officer in consultation. Murshidabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 64 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; applied border of grey paper. 288 by 206 mm; page 325 by 225 mm. Reverse: main outlines of the picture roughly traced. An officer, probab...
Indian youth with vase of lilies In Bokharan style, but possibly Mughal/Akbar.. Artist(s): Khan (Jan?) Muhammad (fl.late 16th century)
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Miniature painting: youth in Indian costume holding a vase of flowers. Signature of Khan (or possibly Jan) Muhammad ‘mudhahhib.’ Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). This sort of work may possibly have been done by a Bokharan artist at the Mugh...
A young man riding a stallion. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A young man riding a stallion. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold panel on border above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i javan bar asp-i savar’ (picture of a young man riding on a horse); numbered 2 in Persian inventory note; numbered ...
A nobleman and a lady playing chaupar. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman and lady playing chaupar. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn shaghl-i chaupar bazi’ (a picture of a beauty ‘playing chaupar)’; numbered 43 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on...
Persian youth leaning on a tree and a bearded man holding a paper. Artist(s): Muhammadi (fl.c.1575)
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Drawing of a Persian youth leaning on a young tree and a bearded lndian holding a paper. Attribution to Muhammadi. Qazwin style: c.1575. 9 by 7.5 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). The drawing, which is fine enough to make the attribution acceptable, is on slate-blue paper with illuminated upper corne...
a) Yusuf haloed, riding in a landscape and met by Zulaykha and a maid with a tray of jewels: b) Two youths seated under a tree, a dish of fruit between them
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Two miniatures mounted together: a A little provincial miniature of Yusuf (?), haloed, riding in a landscape, met by Zulaykha and a maid with a tray of jewels; behind him an old woman and a rocky hill with a tree. 4.5 by 11.5 cm. b Two youths seated under a blossoming tree by a stream in a la...
A Mughal prince with a musician. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90)
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A young Mughal prince with a musician. By Hunhar, Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Hunhar’; Persian inventory note (not numbered); a Persian couplet written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy above the miniature translates: ‘Heaven said that...
Prince with a tambura player. Artist(s): Afzal 'Ali Khan (fl. 1700)
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A prince with a tambur-player. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i afzal ‘ali khan’ (the work of Afzal ‘Ali Khan); numbered 15 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated panels above and b...
Prince seated on a boulder. Artist(s): Farrukh Beg (c.1610) style of
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A prince seated on a boulder. [Circle of Muhammad ‘Ali. and Farrukh Husayn Beg] Mughal, c.1610-15. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 29 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue gilt-decorated border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. ...