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21. Add Or 4662

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4662
Title:
Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (born 1768, reigned 1778-1828) out hunting
Scope & Content:
Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (born 1768, reigned 1778-1828) out hunting on horseback with attendants. By a Mewar artist c.1800-1810. Opaque water-colour, body-colour and gold; size of painting (exceeding frame on two sides) ........... mm; size of album page ........ mm.. Purchased April ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

22. Add Or 5006

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5006
Title:
Elephants hauling a dead rhinoceros in hill country. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Elephants hauling a dead rhinoceros in hill country. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Water-colour; 172 by 276 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

23. Johnson 3,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,2
Title:
Jahangir hunting lions
Scope & Content:
Jahangir hunting lions. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charba’; mounted by the Library on paper watermarked 1818. 210 by 160 mm; page 385 by 280 mm. The emperor Jahangir is being attacked by a wounded lion which springs into the howdah of his elephant. The em...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

24. Johnson 3,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,3
Title:
Elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) attributed to
Scope & Content:
An elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note (inscription partly erased). Gouache with gold; gold and silver borders. 173 by 253 mm; page 250 by 378 mm. The elepha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

25. Johnson 14,8b

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,8b
Title:
A hunting cheetah on a cart
Scope & Content:
A hunting cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold, the gold added at the time the album leaf was made; mounted on an album page with one other. 95 by 132 mm; page 362 by 232 mm. The cheetah is blindfolded on a cart drawn by tw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

26. Johnson 18,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,8
Title:
A young prince with a hawk
Scope & Content:
A young prince with a hawk. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 152 by 88 mm; page 375 by 250 mm. A young prince has a hawk perched upon his right hand and cares...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

27. Johnson 28,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,2
Title:
Mounted prince with a falcon, preceded by a running footman
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: young mounted prince with falcon on his wrist preceded by a running footman. Plain background with conventional flowers in gold. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 14 by 8.5 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated upper corners. Illuminated frame incorporating ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

28. Johnson 28,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,6
Title:
Young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting:young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers and dervishes. Green foreground, gold behind, with finely painted ‘chinar’ tree. In this miniature, the Bukhara style shows influence from the work being done at Herat by Shah Qasim and his followers. Late...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

29. Johnson 28,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,7
Title:
Mounted prince with two attendants, one with a hawk, the other with fruit and a bottle
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: mounted prince and two attendants, one holding his hawk and the other a dish of fruit and a bottle. In the foreground a horse and a mule. Plain background. Two couplets of verse in the upper part of the miniature. The prince's face has been retouched in India. Some flaki...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

30. Johnson 53,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,6
Title:
A tiger hunt
Scope & Content:
A hunting scene. Deccan, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘dakhil ast’ (entered). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt floral borders. 172 by 110 mm; page 332 by 226 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item