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101. Johnson 7,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,9
Title:
A Sufi dervish
Scope & Content:
A Sufi dervish. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 34 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; on an album page with blue border decorated with gold, outer gilt-sprinkled border. 153 by 76 mm; page 414 by 287 mm. The dervish, fully bearded, stands with his han...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item

102. Johnson 8,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,1
Title:
Prince watching bathers in a tank with numerous spectators of both sexes
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece to the poems of Sa‘di. Prince watching bathers in a tank, with numerous spectators of both sexes. Shiraz style, about c.1575. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 38.5 by 23.5 cm). The miniature is set in a splendid page of early sixteenth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

103. Johnson 8,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,2
Title:
Three ladies on a terrace
Scope & Content:
Three ladies on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold cartouche above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn’ (a picture of beauties); numbered 51 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue gilt-decorated border and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

104. Johnson 8,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,3
Title:
Author presenting a volume to a prince
Scope & Content:
An author presenting a volume to a prince. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with lines of text at top and bottom of the miniature obliterated with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border and undeco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

105. Johnson 8,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,6
Title:
Prince holding court and receiving gifts
Scope & Content:
A prince holding court and receiving gifts. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and gilt sprinkled borders. 224 by 134 mm; page 417 by 286 mm. Various courtiers bring a hawk, a covered dish, a volume and two cheetahs, whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 Item

106. Johnson 9,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,1
Title:
A girl seated on a morha
Scope & Content:
A girl seated on a cane stool. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 56 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, the background completed in gouache; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 152 by 83 mm; page 413 by 285 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

107. Johnson 9,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,2
Title:
A seated lady
Scope & Content:
A seated lady. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 55 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, the background completed in gouache; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 172 by 116 mm; page 415 by 285 mm. A lady seat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

108. Johnson 9,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,3
Title:
A princess enthroned
Scope & Content:
A princess enthroned. Deccan (perhaps Aurangabad), c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 170 by 95 mm; page 410 by 283 mm. A lady with a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

109. Johnson 9,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,6
Title:
Five girls in courtyard
Scope & Content:
Five girls in a courtyard. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated blue border and undecorated outer margin. 198 by 128 mm; page 412 by 284 mm. Reverse: a Persian ‘ghazal’ w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

110. Johnson 9,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,8
Title:
A lady smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
A lady smoking a hookah. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 54 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 132 by 77 mm; page 410 by 285 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item