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131. Johnson 12,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12,2
Title:
A lady at a window. Artist(s): Aqil Khan (fl. 1760), style of
Scope & Content:
A lady at a window. Style of ‘Aqil Khan, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 20 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘15’ on border (erased); inscribed on reverse: ‘tasvir-i padshahzadi kar-i murassa‘‘ (picture of a princess, set with jewels); pasted on revers...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

132. Johnson 12,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 12,3
Title:
A lady holding a rose
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 21 in Persian inventory note; numbered ‘16’ on picture and border; inscribed twice on reverse: ‘yek tasvir, tasvir-i husn’ ... (one picture, a picture of beauty ... ). Gouache with gold; on an album page with borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

133. Johnson 1,28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,28
Title:
A mulla presiding over a night ceremony with girls and youths bearing gifts. Artist(s): Govardhan (fl. 1730-40)
Scope & Content:
A night ceremony. By Govardhan, Mughal, c.1735-40. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ... ‘hazrat-i shah naqsh’ ... ‘Govardhan’ (?)’ musavvir’ (this inscription is partly missing where the surface has been torn away, but it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1735-1740
Extent:
1 Item

134. Johnson 13,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,1
Title:
A learned man with a book holding court
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting on plain background: learned man seated on a throne-like seat holding a book: a greybeard, two young men (one of them dark-skinned) and a girl seated before him. Slight damage to faces. Bukhara style: mid sixteenth century. 11.5 by 7 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated up...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

135. Johnson 13,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,2
Title:
Seated girl offering a cup of wine. Artist(s): Muhammad Qasim (fl.c.1650) style of
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a seated girl offering a cup of wine. Rather rubbed. Style of Muhammad Qasim. This could well be the work of Muhammad Qasim himself. Isfahan style: mid seventeenth century. 11.5 by 7.5 cm (page 36 by 25 cm). Gold-flecked plain frame and margins. ‘VAM 1951’ No. 140.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

136. Johnson 13,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,3
Title:
A bearded man and a youth sleeping side by side
Scope & Content:
A bearded man and a youth. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing; on an album page with borders of coloured paper sprinkled with gold. 119 by 154 mm; page 355 by 250 mm. The two are sleeping side by side, the man turned away to the left with his head an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

137. Johnson 13,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,4
Title:
A girl seated writing
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a seated girl writing, two bottles standing before her. Plain background with plants and clouds in gold. Isfahan style: c.1600. 13.5 by 9 cm (page 36 by 25.5 cm). Gold-flecked plain frame and margins. ‘VAM 1951’ No. 130; ‘Robinson PM’ pl. XIX; ‘VAM 1967’ No. 62.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

138. Johnson 13,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,6
Title:
A girl braiding her hair
Scope & Content:
A girl braiding her hair. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i nur jahan begam’ (portrait of Nur Jahan Begam). Drawing with touches of gouache; on an album page with pink and green borders sprinkled with gold. 120 by 67 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

139. Johnson 13,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,9
Title:
A lady named Gul Safa. Artist(s): Anup Chattar (fl. 1640-80)
Scope & Content:
A lady named Gul Safa. By Anup Chattar, Mughal, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabih-i gul safa. ma’shug-i dara shikoh’ (a likeness of Gul Safa, sweetheart of Dara Shikoh); below: ‘‘amal-i rai anup chattar dara shikohi’ (the work of Rai Anup...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 Item

140. Johnson 14,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 14,1
Title:
Sultan Ibrahim Adham of Balkh with the angels
Scope & Content:
Sultan Ibrahim Adham of Balkh. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 44 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse:’ tasvir-i hazrat-i ibrahim adham’ (a picture of Saint Ibrahim Adham). Gouache with gold; narrow gold border; applied margin of grey pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item